Newslights

WHEN THE WEATHER BECOMES A ‘WRECKING BALL’: Why the UN’s Global Warning Hits Close to Home

MANILA  (October 24)  — To many Filipinos, the words "El Niño" evoke memories of dried-up cracked earth in Mindanao rice fields, severe water rationing in Metro Manila, and agonizingly...

SAFE PASSAGE HOME: 500 Overseas Filipinos Repatriating from Saudi Arabia Amid Flight Disruptions

MANILA  (October 23)  — Around 500 Filipinos stranded in Saudi Arabia are set to land back home in...

JUSTICE HAS A NEW HOME IN SULU: Landmark Court Hub Signals End to Legal Isolation

PATIKUL, Sulu  (October 23)  — In a historic milestone for Mindanao’s legal landscape, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and...

From Davao’s Farms to West Africa: 32,000 Local Coconuts Head to Liberia in Landmark Humanitarian Export

DAVAO CITY  (October 23)  — Young coconuts grown right here in Mindanao soil are making history across the...

BEYOND TEEN PREGNANCY: Davao’s Fight to Shield Young Girls from Adult Exploitation and Systemic Silence

DAVAO CITY  (October 23)  — Behind the clinical data on adolescent pregnancies lies an alarming reality that Davao...
spot_img

Well-wishes

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte extends his well-wishes to the newly-wed couple Senior Inspector Alvin Hosmillo and Senior Inspector Alnieza Kinang-Hosmillo during the reception at the Astoria Regency Convention Center in Zamboanga City on February 12, 2017. The President is one of the principal sponsors for the Kinang-Hosmillo nuptials. The couple caught the public's eye after Hosmillo made a public proposal to Kinang who was among the aide-de-camp of the President during an event at the Police Regional Office 13 sometime in October last year. ALBERT ALCAIN/Presidential Photo

Project NOAH: The Inside Story

Before the month of January ended, there were several stories that hit the headlines. One of them was the cessation of Project NOAH, which...

Solemn moment

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte spends a solemn moment at the grave of his mother Soledad 'Nanay Soling' Duterte at the Davao Catholic Cemetery to commemorate her death anniversary on February 4, 2017. KARL NORMAN ALONZO/ Presidential Photo

A Philippine Eagle goes home

A juvenile Philippine Eagle is freed to its habitat Tuesday, January 31, a month after rehabilitation by the Philippine Eagle Center. (Edgardo Calderon of CENRO Kiamba for SARANGANI INFORMATION OFFICE)

Inundated

Continuous rains have inundated the town proper of Kapalong in Davao del Norte on Tuesday morning. Photo Courtesy of PTV/ Davao del Norte PIO

Kapalong town proper

Local folks wade through the floodwaters in the town proper of Kapalong, Davao del Norte on Tuesday morning. Continuous rains in the region have inundate various parts of the province. Photo courtesy of Phoebie Graza
spot_img