DAVAO CITY — The medical staff of the Philippine National Police XI (PNP) marked a milestone after the successful operation of a lady police officer who suffered from breast cancer inside their ambulatory clinic on Wednesday morning, November 24. PBrigGen. Filmore Escobal, the PNP regional director told Newsline that the operation of the 46-year old […]
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Duterte directs LGUs & uniformed personnel to help in nat’l vaccine days
DAVAO CITY —-President RodrigoDuterte urged Tuesday night all local government units (LGUs), police, and military personnel to work side by side for the country’s three-day “Bayan, Bakunahan” vaccination program. “I urge all national government agencies as well as provincial and local government units to use all available resources, especially human resources, to help in the […]
NHA releases P9-M assistance to fire victims
DAVAO CITY — The National Housing Authority XII released a total of Php 9 million financial assistance to families whose houses were demolished by the November 3, 2021 fire in Purok Saeg, General Santos City. The fund taken from the NHA’s Emergency Housing Assistance Program (EHAP) benefited some 300 families who received P30,000 each. The […]
Rooftop of Davao City Jail is also veggie garden
DAVAO CITY — The Davao City Jail is not just a prison facility for suspected criminals but a hub where fresh vegetables are housed. This, after jail personnel, maximized the annex rooftop and make it a garden that now produces a substantial amount of vegetables. In a Facebook post of the BJMP, it invited buyers […]
Philippines has 900k new 18 year-old voters
DAVAO CITY – The Commission on Elections has registered 968,730 new voters, who are expected to cast their first vote in the May 2022 elections. Comelec Commissioner Rowena Guanzon said females dominate the number of the new registrants “Male: 449,019, Female: 509,711,” she said in her Twitter account, @rowena_guanzon. The young registrants are now part […]
GenSan’s improved infrastructure, an economic booster
DAVAO CITY — The rehabilitation of General Santos City airport and seaport is an economic booster of the region. This how President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday described the recently opened infrastructure after he inspected the aviation and maritime development projects in General Santos City under the government’s Build, Build, Build Program, which are expected to […]
BARMM wants to establish Bangsamoro Medical School
COTABATO CITY —– To provide accessible, affordable, and comprehensive medical education, BARMM legislators are pushing for the establishment of a Bangsamoro Medical School. Parliament member Susana Anayatin, the principal author of the proposed Parliament Bill 150, said that it will serve “Bangsamoro young people from different territories in BARMM and may extend its services to […]
Quiboloy faces sexual trafficking rap in the US; camp says he is ready to face it
DAVAO CITY — The Self-proclaimed “appointed Son of God” pastor Apollo Quiboloy, founder of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ church, was indicted for sex trafficking in the United States. This, after the federal prosecutors, indicted Quiboloy and 5 other new defendants to an existing indictment filed in 2020. The indictment alleges that Quiboloy and 2 […]
Presidential aspirant naggamit og cocaine-Duterte
DAKBAYAN SA DAVAO —Usa kuno ka kandidato pagka presidente ang naggamit og illegal nga druga, partikular ang Cocaine. Kini ang gibutyag ni Presidente Rodrigo Duterte atol sa hiniusang tigum sa national og regional task forces to end local communist armed conflict didto s Mindoro kaganina. Mao kini sa gipamulong sa Presdiente” “Alam mo ang droga […]
500 ASF affected farmers get payment
DAVAO CITY — Some 564 farmers from the four towns of Davao Oriental whose swine farms were affected by the African Swine Fever received payment P5,000 each as indemnification fee for their culled swine. The Department of Agriculture paid the farmers, which represented the second batch of beneficiaries are from the municipalities of Boston, Cateel, […]
PH-JAPAN agree to strengthen strategic partneship
DAVAO CITY — President Rodrigo Duterte and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday made renewed commitment to further deepen their strategic partnership to address challenges of mutual interest such as peace and security, infrastructure development, and the coronavirus pandemic. “Japan is unrivaled among our bilateral partners,” said President Duterte during his telephone conversation with […]
Makabayan bloc seeks congressional inquiry on Davao de Oro drug raid
DAVAO CITY — The Makabayan bloc in the Lower House sought a congressional investigation into the controversial anti-illegal drugs buy-bust operation conducted by law enforcement agencies in Davao de Oro in Barangay Pindasan, Mabini, Davao de Oro on November 6. The members of the Makabayan bloc filed House Resolution 2342 on November 10 ‘directing the […]
“Wedding dress” package from Germany yields P3.3M party drugs
DAVAO CITY — Authorities on Tuesday uncovered P3.3-million worth of party drugs contained in a package declared by the shipper as a wedding dress. In a press station, the Bureau of Customs stationed at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (BOC-NAIA) together with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) stated that they apprehended the claimant of […]