MANILA – The results of a post mortem examination on the remains of former Calauan mayor Antonio Sanchez will decide whether further inquiry is needed. Bureau of Corrections spokesperson Gabriel Chaglag confirmed Sanchez, born in 1949 according to records, was found unconscious inside his cell at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City on Saturday […]
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Rape with homicide filed vs killer of cosmetic manager Corpuz
DAVAO CITY – The Davao City Police Office (DCPO) has filed rape with homicide Monday (March 22) against the suspect behind the killing of a cosmetic manager, Christine Sunga Corpuz who was found dead in Buhangin District on March 1. DCPO spokesperson Captain Rose Aguilar said Wednesday the lone suspect whose name was withheld so […]
Troops nab Vietnamese fishermen in Tawi-Tawi
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Marine troops and policemen have apprehended a Vietnamese fishermen for illegal fishing within the territorial waters of the country, military officials announced. The Vietnamese fishing boat manned by a seven-man crew was apprehended Tuesday off Bakungan Island in the Turtle Islands municipality, Tawi-Tawi, according to Lieutenant Senior Grade Chester Ross Cabaltera, Naval […]
Tourism boom in MisOr town despite pandemic
ALUBIJID, MIASAMIS ORIENTAL— When people’s movement is limited, business especially tourism sags, but not this town along the western coastline of Misamis Oriental. It has struck gold recently with its booming tourism sector, thanks largely to the newest tourism destination in town- their floating cottages anchored offshore. Balsa (floating cottages) Alubijid is just four months […]
DENR-PNP XI converge for Mt. Apo conservation
DAVAO CITY –– Aiming to revitalize and reforest the country’s highest mountain peak, the Mt. Apo Natural Park, the directors of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR XI) and Philippine National Police (PNP-XI) signed up an understanding, on March 11, 2021. The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) stipulates that both parties agree to revitalize […]
Roque completes quarantine, recovers from Covid-19
MANILA – Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque has completed his mandatory quarantine and recovered from Covid-19 more than a week after announcing he tested positive for the virus. He himself confirmed the news on his official Facebook page on Thursday. “Salamat kay Dr Du at lahat ng staff ng Summit Hotel Oplan Kalinga Isolation Center. Quarantine […]
Sarangani town develops app for vax rollout
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – The municipality of Glan in Sarangani province has developed an innovative online system to speed up the pre-registration of its residents for the anticipated mass vaccination against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). Mayor Vivien Yap said Thursday they have started the initial deployment of the Data Vault for Your Vaccination (DVYVAC) program […]
Duterte orders DOH to investigate non-frontliners availing vaccine jab
DAVAO CITY — President Rodrigo Roa Duterte wants the vaccination of an actor in Paranaque City investigated, saying people jumping the line in the government mass immunization campaign may affect future vaccine donations. During a public address Wednesday, President Duterte ordered Health Secretary Francisco Duque III to investigate the incident in Paranaque City and submit […]
Volunteers’ cleanup trek nets 200 kilos of trash from Mt. Apo
KIDAPAWAN CITY, North Cotabato – Environmentalists and tourism officers, including guides and porters, trekked Mt. Apo, the country’s highest peak, and collected almost 200 kilos of garbage over the weekend. On Monday, Karl Tanaid, Magpet town tourism officer, said about 130 volunteers from mountaineering groups and other organizations climbed Mt. Apo for a cleanup activity. “We […]
More Soccsksargen barangays up for drug-clearing assessment
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – More barangays in Region 12 (Soccsksargen) are due for assessment in the next two months for possible declaration as drug-cleared areas, an official of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said. Naravy Duquiatan, PDEA-Region 12 director, said Tuesday they received applications from over a dozen barangays for the validation of their […]
Police officer, 4 others nabbed for robbery-extortion in Zamboanga
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Criminal and administrative cases are being readied to be filed against a police official and four policemen involved in irregularities in this city, an official announced Tuesday. Police Brig. Gen. Ronaldo Genaro Ylagan, Police Regional Office-9 (PRO-9) director, said that cases of robbery extortion and violation of Republic Act 3019, anti-graft and […]
PNP ordered to regionalize processing of death claims
DAVAO CITY — President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, March 22, ordered Philippine National Police (PNP) to stop the practice of requiring dependents of deceased policemen to go to the police headquarters in Camp Crame to process death benefits. In a televised weekly public address, President Duterte reiterated the implementation of his previous order to make […]
One biker dead, two joggers injured in Davao landslide
DAVAO CITY — A biker was killed while two joggers were injured when boulders started to erode from still unfinished Mandug-Acacia bypass road in Sitio Sto. Niño, Barangay Mandug here at about 6:45 on Tuesday morning March 23, 2021. The incident happened in an area being developed for the Mandug-Acacia bypass road, it is left […]