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 […]
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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 […]
PH sets face shields use for high-risk activities
DAVAO CITY — The Philippine government relaxes the use of face shields, this time Filipinos will only need to wear face shields on top of face masks in enclosed and crowded places for added protection against the deadly coronavirus Delta variant. This, after the country’s top medical experts from the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) recommend […]
Over 1k PMA aspirants take PMA entrance exam in NorMin and Caraga
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — The threat brought about by the pandemic did not hinder the 1,221 young men and women from Northern Mindanao and Caraga regions to take the annual Philippine Military Academy (PMA) entrance examination in the cities of Cagayan de Oro and Bayugan last week, the Army’s 4th Infantry Division (4ID) said […]
Bonsai is life
DAVAO CITY — “Bonsai is Life” This how Asia’s multi-awarded Bonsai master Marcel “Bebot A. Calungsod described his life. His journey to Bonsai world started when his family went to Japan for a vacation “I started to appreciate Bonsai at the age of 14,” says Calungsod and until now it remains his world. “I was […]
Demand for Filipino healthcare workers abroad still high: POEA
MANILA – Filipino health care workers (HCWs) are still in high demand abroad, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) said on Tuesday. POEA Administrator Bernard Olalia said overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who are in the health care sector are very much needed in countries in Europe and the Middle East. “When we talk about the demand […]
IPs of Bukidnon want NCIP chair to sign their CADT
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY –— Members of the Manobo-Pulangihon tribe of Butong, Bukidnon threatened to enter their ancestral domain and die there if the National Commission on Indigenous People’s Commission (NCIP) Commissioner Allen Capuyan will not sign their Certificate of Ancestral Domain Territory (CADT) title. Fed up with NCIP’s continuing inaction to their plea, the […]
PNP chief praises Davao Norte governor
DAVAO CITY — PHILIPPINE National Police (PNP) Chief Guillermo Eleazar was all praises on Davao del Norte Governor Edwin Jubahib’s initiatives to support the government’s peace and order campaign, including the declaration of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) as an “organized crime group.” In a visit to the governor’s office recently, […]
BARMM lawmaker wants to establish Barter Trade Center
COTABATO CITY — A bill aspiring to create a BARMM’s Barter Trade Center (BTC) was introduced on second reading in the plenary. “Barter Trade is a lifeline that will help sustain the relationship of the Philippine Government through the Bangsamoro Autonomous Government with these three friendly countries [Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, and Malaysia],” MP Modayao Sacar […]
Parents blame teachers over module delivery delays
VALENCIA, BUKIDNON PROVINCE –– Some parents rant against teachers for delaying the release of learning materials to their children, citing the fact that some students return items late. Teacher Edna Jumao-aw, Filipino Department head of Valencia City National High School shared her sentiments to Newsline, “Often they got mad at us, as we explain the […]
Immigration on high alert to stop entry of foreign terrorists to PH
DAVAO CITY —– The Bureau of Immigration (BI) said its personnel in the country’s ports remain on alert to thwart any attempt by international terrorists to enter the country. Bureau of Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente in a press statement Thursday said “Our personnel in all international airports and seaports nationwide are always on alert to […]