DAVAO CITY — Nindot og puno sa kolor! Kini ang sagad makita sa usa ka bulan nga selebrasyon sa unang face to face nga selebrasyon sa ‘Buwan ng Wika’ dinhi sa Davao region nga nahuman niadtong Lunes, Septiembre 5, 2022. Ang kasaulugan gihimo sa nagkadaiyang eskuelahan sa tibouk Pilipinas ug dinhi sa rehiyon. Padayong gipaningkamutan […]
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PH has to ‘carefully act’ on Mary Jane Veloso’s case
MANILA – The Philippine government will “proceed with deliberation” on the case of Mary Jane Veloso, the Filipino worker who has been on death row for 12 years in Indonesia over drug-related charges. Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles made the response when asked if President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will visit Veloso, who remains in detention in Yogyakarta. […]
Sulu-based marine troops deployed for border, external defense
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has repositioned some of its forces to strengthen border control and external defense operations in different parts of the country. This, as after more than six years of deployment and service to combat terrorism in Sulu, the 4th Marine Brigade (4MBde) and the Marine Battalion Landing […]
Power coops impose higher rate
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Power consumers in MIndanao just have to carry the brunt of paying higher power bills. This, as the Association of Mindanao Rural Electric Cooperative (AMRECO) warned electric consumers across Mindanao that power hike is inevitable high cost of power generation. Amreco President Jose Raul Saniel said that based on their […]
Nine SNAP scholars graduate with honors
DAVAO CITY — Nine scholars from the Aboitiz group’s scholarship program dubbed as SN Aboitiz Power Group’s (SNAP) Bridging Gaps in Higher Education through Tertiary Scholarships (BRIGHTS) received their diplomas and awards during separate commencement exercises held in the provinces of Ifugao, Isabela, and Benguet. AboitizPower subsidiary SNAP owns and operates several large hydropower plants […]
Customs confiscates “shabu” from Nigeria
DAVAO CITY — Bureau of Customs seized about 8.575 kilos of suspected “shabu” which has an estimated value of P58.31-million from a package which originated in Nigeria and declared as “Assorted dried spices”. The joint personnel from San Andres, Manila by a team from the Bureau of Customs-Ninoy Aquino International Airport (BOC-NAIA), Philippine Drug Enforcement […]
Mole tips suspect Ampatuan PNP coming: BAR PNP Chief
DAVAO CITY —- A mole tipped off the suspected robber that the members of the Ampatuan town police were on their way to serve a warrant of arrest which resulted to the killing of the town police chief and his aide on Tuesday at around 10:00 in the morning in the village of Kapinpilan. The […]
DOLE, NLRC ask aggrieved JVACC workers to file complaint
DAVAO CITY — The Department of Labor and Employment and the National Labor Relations Commission ask the aggrieved laborers of JV Angeles Construction Corporation (JVACC) to come to their office and file an official complaint for said agencies to act on their predicaments. Erlinda Mamitag, chief of the DOLE Davao field office told Newsline in […]
Hundreds of Davao construction workers want payment over claims
DAVAO CITY — Hundreds of laborers working for JV Angeles Construction Corporation here are up in arms against the company who made them sign a blank document which the management claim to be clearance but turned out to be a quit claim. The workers were advised by the JVACC management to “only sign the document” […]
Customs uncovers 57k sacks of imported sugar in Quezon raid
DAVAO CITY — Another big haul of hidden sugar was uncovered by the operatives of the Bureau of Customs inside a warehouse in Quezon City on Saturday which yielded around 57,000 sacks of sugar from Thailand estimated to cost P285 million. The BOC in a statement released on Saturday, revealed that the Customs Intelligence and […]
Hedcor introduces first centralized power plant control center in PH
DAVAO CITY — Another first in the Philippines. The AboitizPower subsidiary Hedcor can now operate, monitor, and control its 21 run-of-river hydropower facilities in Luzon and Mindanao, as well as one solar farm in the Visayas through its new National Operations Control Center (NOCC). The NOCC allows for more efficient operations with less chance of […]
BARMM tops regions in Q2 2022 fisheries production
COTABATO CITY—Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) ranked first among the country’s top five (5) fish-producing regions during the second quarter of 2022. Based on the Philippine Statistics Authority’s (PSA) Fisheries Situation Report from April to June 2022, the total volume of fisheries production in the country reached 1,213.31 metric tons (MT). Of the […]
Big time all price increase next week
DAVAO CITY —– Oil industry players is set to impose P5.40 to 5.70 per liter increase of diesel while P1.30 to P1.60 per liter for gasoline. next week. Local oil depot owners here told Newsline “We expect oil prices to increase next week, we were told that the price increase is due to the oil […]