MANILA – The Department of Health (DOH) has detected 613 new cases of the highly-transmissible Omicron subvariants. In its latest Covid-19 biosurveillance report, the agency noted that there were 694 samples sequenced by the University of the Philippines-Philippine Genome Center on Jan. 28. Out of the total samples, 252 or 36.31 percent were classified as […]
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PA for Easter Mindanao warns speculators
DAVAO CITY — The Presidential Assistant for Mindanao has issued a warning to all speculators who has been using his name to corner government contracts and gain access to government funds. Leo A. Magno, the Presidential assistant for Eastern Mindanao in a statement issued Wednesday states: “I recently have been receiving information and requests from […]
Ph to bring home 8 detained Filipinos in Myanmar
DAVAO CITY – The Philippine government through the Department of Foreign Affairs is now working to bring home as soon as possible the eight Filipinos currently detained in Myanmar. In a statement issued today, DFA spokesperson Ma. Teresita Daza said coordination is continuing to assist the detained Filipinos including tourist Kiela Samson who was arrested […]
Court issues Writ of Possession over Samal properties for Samal-Davao Connector project
DAVAO CITY — The Philippine Government through the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has taken possession over the nine (9) properties in Barangays Caliclic and Limao, Island Garden City of Samal which will be used for the Samal Island – Davao City Connector project. On Monday, the DPWH installed a notice telling among […]
Rillera is new 6ID Army commander
DAVAO CITY —- The new Commander of the 6th Infantry (Kampilan) Division, Philippine Army, has assumed leadership in the 41st Change of Command Ceremony at Camp Siongco, Awang, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao today (January 27, 2023). Lieutenant General Romeo S Brawner Jr., Commanding General of the Philippine Army, presided over the turnover of leadership to […]
2 million voters apply in 46 days
DAVAO CITY – In a span of 46-days the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has received over 2 million voter applications since it started in December 12, 2022. The poll body in a recent press statement said, a total of 2,085,142 applications have so far been submitted as of Jan. 27. The figure includes all applications […]
DTI 11 urges businesses to register, renew registration
DAVAO CITY – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in the Davao Region is urging entrepreneurs to register their businesses, including their business names, to legalize their operations. The local government units (LGUs) have set January of every year as the period for business permit renewal. Hence, all business owners are expected to secure […]
Cotabato City schools division tops 1st Bangsamoro quiz bowl
COTABATO CITY – The Cotabato City Schools Division Office (SDO) won the first ever Bangsamoro Quiz Bowl held at the Cotabato City People’s Palace on Jan. 24. According to a statement posted on the Facebook Page of the Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education (MBHTE) of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), […]
AboitizPower breaks ground for 17MW Binary Geothermal Plant in Albay
TIWI, ALBAY – Aboitiz Power Corporation (AboitizPower), through its subsidiary AP Renewables Inc., hosted the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Tiwi Binary Geothermal Power Plant Project on 17 January 2023, in Tiwi, Albay. The soon-to-rise 17 megawatt (MW) binary plant is within the 1.5-hectare of land where the Tiwi Geothermal Power Plant, the first and […]
Zamboanga City crime volume down in early 2023
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The crime volume in this city is fewer by 670 in 2022 or 24 percent lower compared to the crimes registered the previous year. Col. Alexander Lorenzo, city police director, said Monday out of the total crime volume of 2,123 recorded last year, 740 incidents or 35 percent are categorized as index crimes […]
Service disruptions on January 29 in Davao City and Panabo City
DAVAO CITY — Davao Light and Power Co., Inc. will conduct three sets of power interruptions on January 28 and 29, Saturday and Sunday, affecting customers in Davao City and Panabo City. These service disruptions will be necessary to relocate the 69kV pole near Bunawan Overpass. The first set of power interruptions will be for […]
Davao Light deploys 34 more robots to enhance efficiency
DAVAO CITY — The major distributor of power here, the Davao Light and Power Co. Inc., an AboitizPower subsidiary, deploys 34 additional robots on top of the existing 16 to enhance the efficiency of its operations. “They are not electromechanical robots but software robots. Robotic Process Automation (RPA) will perform any established steps, instructions, logic, […]
Ex-PSG commander, 9 other soldiers tagged in the killing of Davao model
DAVAO CITY –— The Special Investigation Task Group Plaza on Wednesday named former Presidential Security Group commander BGen. Jesus Durante III and nine other members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines as suspects in the killing of Davao model and businesswoman Yvonne Chua Plaza on December 28, 2022. The cases were filed before the […]