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 […]
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Guv provides motorbikes to boost tax collection
DAVAO CITY –— Davao Oriental Governor Corazon Malanyaon has provided motorbikes to the town tax collectors of her province. The governor distributed one motorbike each for the ten towns during the Interfacing and Executive-Legislative Agenda Formulation on August 19, 2022, at Lanes Kita-anan, City of Mati, Davao Oriental. The municipal mayors themselves received their allocation […]
Pinoy gi-awhag sa DTI nga sayo mamalit alang sa pasko
DAKBAYAN SA DAVAO —Kay pipila ka adlaw nalang “Ber months” na, maong nag-awhag ang Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) nag sayo kuno kitang mamalit alang Pasko aron malikayan ang pagtaas sa presyo sa mga palaliton. Matud ni DTI Undersecretary Ruth Castelo “Kung kaya rin lang natin na mag-ipon na or mag-stock na ng mga ganitong produkto, puwede na […]
Hedcor introduces first centralized power plant control center in PH
DAVAO CITY — A first in the Philippines, 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 centralized real-time data monitoring and analysis, operation and control of […]
F2F earthquake drill in September
DAVAO CITY — The Office of Civil Defense has announced the scheduled face-to-face earthquake drill on September 8. In a statement the OCD stated that for the first time since the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic started in March 2020, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) announced the holding of face-to-face activities for the 3rd […]
Customs intercepts illegally shipped processed chicken
DAVAO CITY — A shipment of processed chicken meat that entered the country without sanitary and import permits was intercepted by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) – Port of Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) on Aug. 17. The BOC also examined the check-in baggage of Vietnamese passengers on board the carrier ship before turning over […]
Village chief shot dead in Lanao del Norte
LANAO DEL NORTE — A still unidentified gunman killed the village chief of Mahayahay in the town of Sultan Naga Dimaporo, Lanao del Norte, on Sunday at around 11:30 in the evening August 21, 2022. Municipal police chief PMaj. Moamar Solog, identified the victim as Rudi Bitangcor, 54 years old. Solog said Bitangcor sustained multiple […]
AboitizPower in FTSE4Good Index for fifth straight year
DAVAO CITY — Aboitiz Power Corporation (AboitizPower) has maintained its spot in the FTSE4Good Index Series for the fifth year, underscoring its drive to uphold corporate sustainability practices. The company maintained its overall rating of 3.1 out of a rating scale of 5.0, mainly due to its performance in the social and governance themes, highlighting […]
Duha ka tawo samaran kay nadat-ogan og container
ZAMBOANGA CITY —Duha ka tawo ang grabeng nsabdan sa iyang nahulog ang container van samtang nagdiskarga sila og mga gamit niini didto sa Tetuan Highway, Zamboanga City, bandang alas 10:00 karong buntag, Agosto 22, 2022. Sa taho sa kapulisan sa Zamboanga City, tua sa ibabaw sa container van ang duha ka biktima kay nagdiskarga apan, […]
Customs interceptsP144M worth of Shabu, courier arrested
DAVAO CITY — Joint government operatives led by the Bureau of Customs’ (BOC) intercepted a shipment of Methamphetamine Hydrochloride, commonly known as Shabu, and arrest the passenger carrying the illegal drugs on August 19, 2022, at Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Pasay City. The authorities who have been tipped off of the contraband jointly monitored the […]
Save the Children Philippines strengthens children protection against violence
GENERAL SANTOS CITY –— A nongovernment organization here highlighted this year’s celebration of the National Indigenous People’s Day by launching activities aimed at empowering girls and agents of change towards gender equality in indigenous and disadvantaged groups ( ENGAGE). On August 9, 2022, Save the Children Philippines launched the project ENGAGE in Cotabato Province, together […]
PH to import 150,000 MT of sugar
DAVAO CITY —– After the sugar importation issue anomaly broke off, the department of Agriculture through Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles announced that the Department of Agriculture (DA) is now preparing the proposal to import 150,000 metric tons (MT) this time half of the proposed 300,000 metric tons as earleir proposed. The announcement of the Palace […]
BARMM gives livelihood packages to 17 former combatants
COTABATO CITY—A total of seventeen (17) former combatants from different groups received on Wednesday, Aug. 17, livelihood assistance from the Project Tulong ng Gobyernong Nagmamalasakit (TUGON) of the Ministry of the Interior and Local Government (MILG) in partnership with the Ministry of Trade, Investments and Tourism (MTIT). After returning to the fold of the law, said project […]