DAVAO CITY – The Davao City Tourism and Operations Office (CTOO) is expecting around 250,000 tourists for the upcoming Kadayawan festival in August. In a press conference here Thursday, City Tourism Officer Generose Tecson assured the city can accommodate tourists as it has enough hotels, inns, and transient houses. “This year’s Kadayawan is different from the […]
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Wife of former Iligan City Mayor missing
ILIGAN CITY (JULY 4) —– Teresita Gerona-Quijano, the wife of former Iligan City Mayor Franklin Quijano is missing, she left their house on June 27, the family reported to the police on July 2. Quijano is the administrator of the Philippine Veterans Investment Development Corporation (PHIVIDEC), a government-owned and controlled corporation located in Tagoloan, Misamis […]
Seafarer who lost foot for saving 27 passengers of a sinking motorboat given honor
MISAMIS ORIENTAL (July 4) —– The City Mayor and the municipal council of Naawan on Monday (July 1) honored a seafarer who lost his right foot while rescuing the 27 passengers including six crewmen of M/V Mansan which capsized between the waters of Bohol and Cebu City. Rudyard Payusan, 52 years old, was on crutches […]
DavOr employees share precious blood
DAVAO ORIENTAL – Local and national government employees in Davao Oriental along with and some private individuals, offered shared life-saving blood to highlight their support in time for the 52nd founding anniversary of the province. The bloodletting activity was held at the Provincial Capitol Covered Court, the event was spearheaded by the Davao Oriental Provincial […]
PNP asks porn site to remove students’ sex videos
MAMBAJAO, Camiguin – The Philippine National Police’s (PNP) Anti-Cybercrime Group-10 (ACG-10) on Saturday said it has already requested a pornography-streaming website to remove from its server self-made videos of teenage students of a private school allegedly doing sexual acts that have been circulated online. ACG-10 investigator Staff Sgt. Ritchel Tesoro said they have forwarded the request […]
59 couples exchanged vows on the 69th founding day of Iligan City
ILIGAN CITY— Fifty-nine couples exchanged vows Friday (June 14) in a civil mass wedding ceremony organized by the local government unit here as part of the city’s 69th charter day celebration on June 16. Mayor Celso Regencia, who solemnized the wedding ceremony, said the annual mass wedding aims to legalize the marriage of couples, who […]
Bong Go celebrates birthday with Davao communities
DAVAO CITY (June 15)— Senator-elect Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go spent his birthday today with his fellow Dabawenyos as he visited three districts in the city to extend his sincerest gratitude for their support to the Duterte administration. “Gusto ko ibalik sa tao itong blessing na ibinigay sa akin. Pasasalamat na rin sa mga taga Davao […]
Diocese begins beatification process for teen volunteer
MANILA — The Diocese of Cubao has begun the process for the beatification and canonization of a Filipino teenager. This, after the Vatican, through Cardinal Angelo Becciu, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, declared Darwin Ramos as “Servant of God”, the preliminary step for sainthood last March 29. According to Bishop Honesto Ongtioco, […]
CHED lauds SC ruling excluding Filipino, Panitikan in college
MANILA — The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) on Wednesday lauded the Supreme Court (SC) decision, which denied the motion for reconsideration filed by critics against the exclusion of Filipino and Panitikan in the general education curriculum of all higher education institutions. In a statement, CHED chair J. Prospero De Vera III said the SC decision […]
Davao Region takers dominate teachers exam
DAVAO CITY (May 26) — Teachers from Davao region dominated the Licensed Professional Teachers (LPT) conducted on March 2019. Based on the result which was published online by the Professional Regulation Commission on May 25, Stephannie Apple M. Piodo of Compostela Valley State College – Montevista Branch got the top spot in elementary level garnering […]
Duterte pays last respect to former House Speaker Prospero Nograles
DAVAO CITY (May 7) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday morning, May 6, visited the wake of former House Speaker Prospero “Boy” Nograles Jr., who passed away at the age of 71 on Saturday, May 4. President Duterte arrived at 12:12 a.m. at the Heritage Park to pay his last respects to Nograles, the “pride […]
Ramadhan 2019 fasting starts May 6
KABACAN, NORTH COTABATO (May 5) — Ramadhan 2019 fasting starts tomorrow, May 6 . This was announced Saturday night by Bangsamoro Grand Mufti Abu Huraira Udasan, when the Darul Ifta (House of Opinions) that was tasked to do moon-sighting failed to see the crescent that was supposed to signal the first day Ramadhan this year. […]
Iloilo celebrates Carabao-Carroza festival
ILOILO CITY — Despite new and emerging farm technologies, Pavia town in Iloilo province keeps its farmland’s tradition alive as it celebrated the annual Carabao-Carroza Festival on Friday. The celebration, which began in 1973 and is considered to be the longest-running festival in Iloilo province, is held annually to honor the farmers and their hardworking water […]