CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The grenade-throwing incident in his family’s ancestral house on Wednesday will not deter House Deputy Speaker Rufus Rodriguez to pursue his bod to join the mayoralty race here come 2022 national and local elections. Rodriguez issued the statement after a still-unknown assailant lobbed a grenade on his family’s ‘ ancestral […]
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Cadaver of PNP cadet who died from hazing is home
PAGADIAN CITY –— The cadaver of Cadet Third Class George Karl Magsayo, is home. Magsayo, 21, a native of the city died last Thursday, September 23, after he was allegedly punched several times by his upperclassman. Witnesses said a certain Cadet 2nd Class Caesar Steve Maingat punched Magsayo five times inside Maingat’s room after an […]
9-month old baby swallows push pin, released it after 26 hours
DAVAO CITY — On Monday at around 5:00 p.m. in Kidapawan City, a 9-month-old baby swallows a push pin while her mother orders a milk tea. “The incident happened so quickly,” Ana Mea Denaguit told Newsline, “I worried why the baby was coughing, then I tried to pull out the pin, but baby Kenji swallowed […]
Davao garbage collector arrested for illegal drugs
DAVAO CITY — A garbage collector here was caught red-handed with illegal drugs ‘shabu’ on Monday, September 27, 2021, in a buy-bust operation in Del Pilar Street, Barangay Agdao at around 12:00 midnight, The Mandug Police Station identified the suspect as Louie Gulong Aliviado alyas “Kosa”,32 years old and a resident of Purok Santa Cruz, […]
280 residents of NoCot get P5.4M from DOLE
KIDAPAWAN CITY — Some 150 individuals needing government support received a total of P5.4M cash assistance from the Department of Labor and Employment on Saturday, September 25, No less than Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III handed the check to Governor Nancy Catamco in a simple ceremony held at Barangay Luvimin. The fund was taken against […]
Bonsai hobbyist compete in North Cotabato
DAVAO CITY —Sixty (60) students of Bonsai master Marcel “Bebot” Calungsod showcased their masterpiece in a three-day competition at Pacific Bonsai Garden in Barangay Sta. Cruz, Midsayap, North CotabatoSeptember 24-26, 2021. All the sixty entries comprise one variety, the bougainvillea, but they outsmart each other in terms of structure, design, and presentation, said Calungsod. Ian […]
CENRO cleans clogged canals in Panabo City
DAVAO CITY — Due to the onslaught of heavy rains, flooding worsened as a result of the clogging of garbage in canals in many parts of Panabo City. On September 20, 2021, the City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) conducted a cleanup of the canals where they recovered a large amounts of garbage such […]
Modern Sultan Kudarat Hospital opens
DAVAO CITY — President Rodrigo Duterte led the inauguration Friday of the new Sultan Kudarat Provincial Hospital (SKPH) in the town of Isulan as he rallied public support so that the nation could overcome the challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic. “Let us continue working together to overcome the challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic […]
226 OFWs from UAE lands in Davao
DAVAO CITY — Some 226 repatriated overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Dubai and Abu Dhabi landed in Davao City International Airport on Friday, September 25 via a chartered flight of the Philippine Airlines. Regional officials and staff from Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) led by Regional Director Camilo T. Elaya said they have prepared all […]
Panabo CENRO holds city-wide clean-up drive on waterways
DAVAO CITY — THE PANABO City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) held a city wide clean-up drive of “esteros” lately after floods hit the city because of heavy rains and clogged canals, creeks and other waterways. The heavy rains pushed uncollected garbage into the city’s waterways, which worsened the floods. CENRO carried out on […]
School Blues, School woes
DAVAO CITY — Given the threat of a pandemic, the Philippine educational system adopted a blended learning approach for the second year on Monday September 13, the start of the school year 2021-022. The Education Department has registered over 6.3 million learners for the year, but the figure is still insufficient, prompting the government to […]
63 students receive cash aid
TAGUM CITY — A total of 63 students will receive P3, 780 each as additional wage through the Special Program of the Employment of Students (SPES) of the municipal government of Sto. Tomas town in Davao del Norte. Mayor Ernesto Evangelista and Municipal Administrator Atty. Elisa Evangelista-Lapiña has scheduled the distribution of the remaining wage […]
MSU-Maguindanao Professor kills ambushers
DAVAO CITY ––Wounded but determined, this was the story of Mindanao State University – Maguindanao campus professor Daud Kadon, who killed his two attackers when they shot him while he was traversing the Maguindanao-Cotabato road on Tuesday afternoon, September 21. Lt. Col. Rommel dela Vera, chief of police in Datu Odin Sinsuat town in Maguindanao […]