When leaders of the Ata-Manobo from Davao del Norte swooped the compound of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) Haran along Fr Selga Street in Davao City, upon the order of Governor Edwin Jubahib, they thought their relatives will be coming with them and will they come home. The rescue was unplanned, not …
After the long wait, finally, President Rodrigo Duterte appointed the new Philippine National Police chief after waves of corruption issues plagued and is still plaguing the organization. According to the President, he took time to find a new chief because the organization has been infected with corruption virus ranging from procurement to recycling of confiscated …
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Robredo’s report is poor propaganda Vice President Leni Robredo pulled again a Judas on PRRD, the PNP, and the PDEA by doing twisted narrative intended to sow destruction and chaos. Robredo says the government anti-Drug war is a failure. The de facto VP Robredo, in trademark style where the spotlights are beaming, alleged, around 3,000 …
DPWH turns over Philippines’ largest mosque to BARMM The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) turned over documents transferring the management of the Sultan Hajji Hassanal Bolkiah Masjid (mosque) to the leadership of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) in a ceremony held in Cotabato City on Wednesday, January 8. The DPWH …
The year 2019 has been, to say the least, a rollercoaster ride. And a bit too bumpy for oligarchs — President Rodrigo’s favorite targets that beyond the latter’s constant harangue, are sailing rough waters with the ensuing shifts in government’s policies against unfair contracts and trade practices. Arguably, water firms Maynilad and Manila Water are …
Setting standards for Public Buildings The recent earthquakes do not only expose sub-standard materials and poor construction among private buildings. Worse, it exposed how government structures fail to follow the government’s building standard. Look! The municipal halls of Magsaysay, Padada and even City Hall Digos City, all in Davao del Sur The Town Hall of …
Just as some Mindanaoans thought their travails are over, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake rocked Cotabato and Davao provinces again. The tremor was powerful than the three that struck late October that it was felt as far as Cagayan de Oro, Surigao, and Lanao areas. Steel reeling from the previous quakes, hundreds of families in Davao …
DAVAO CITY — The Mindanao Independent Press Council (MIPC) Inc. finds the verdict against suspect in the bloody Maguindanao Massacre fair ad just. In a statement released by the Mindanao-based journalists it stated: Finally! Justice is served to the victims and the families of the bloody Maguindanao Massacre which claimed 32 journalist and media workers. …
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Again, the Philippine National Police under the stewardship of PNP OIC Chief Lt. Gen. Archie Gamboa is put to test as he came into the picture at the heels of ‘Ninja Cops’ controversy which allegedly involved top officials of the organization. The image of the organization is again murky as one official points against the other, …
Chief PNP (Philippine National Police) Oscar Albayalde may not really at the end of a nightmare for now, but he is certainly at the beginning of one. Until now, PNP hierarchy is facing challenge, no less than its Chief Director Gerneral Oscar Albayalde is tagged for coddling and protecting the so-called “Ninja Cops”. The accusation …
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