DAVAO CITY — A priest from Matalam town in North Cotabato was tested positive for Covid-19 after attending a birthday party of one of his parishioners in Matalam town last week. Diocese of Kidapawan Bishop Jose Colin Bagaforo believes that Fr. Jonel Peroy, a member of the Diocese Clery of Kidapawan (DCK) and assigned as […]
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49 NPA rebels and supporters surrender in DavOr
MATI CITY, DAVAO ORIENTAL — Manifesting their intent to finally return to the folds of the law, 49 members and mass supporters of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP)-New People’s Army (NPA) have surrendered to the government on Friday, October 16, 2020. The surrenderees — consisting of 27 active NPA members, 5 Militiang Bayan (MB), […]
Staff sa Davao de Oro molecular laboratory nag-training
TAGUM CITY —Gipailawon sa training ang pipila ka mga staff sa COVID-19 molecular laboratory sa Davao de Oro. Ang training gipangunahan sa Philippine Genome Center sa University of the Philippines-Mindanao sa Mintal, Davao City, agig pagpangandam sa pag-abli sa Provincial Local Government Unit of Davao de Oro (PLGU-Davao de Oro) sa ilang kaugalingong COVID-19 laboratory […]
In fighting poverty, collaboration is necessary
DAVAO CITY — Often government programs and policies fail because government agencies and political leaders compete to earn recognition at the expense of their beneficiaries, says Davao del Norte Governor Edwin I. Jubahib. But not now — not in his province. Winning the fight against poverty and ending insurgency is a tough job for a local […]
Catamco inaugurates P40-million Guangan bridge in NoCot
MAKILALA, NORTH COTABATO — After a year of devastation brought about by the magnitude 6.6 earthquake, today North Cotabato Governor Nancy Catamco inaugurates the P40-million worth of bridge in Guangan. Guangan is a small village considered as Geographically Isolated and Disadvantaged Area (GIDA), found at the borders of the towns in North Cotabato, Davao del […]
Gulay sa mga mag-uuma sa DavNor gipamalit na sa probinsya
TAGUM CITY — Gisugdan na og pamalit sa probinsyal nga panggamhanan ang mga gulay, lagotmon gikan sa mga mag-uuma sa Davao del Norte isip tabang kanila aron mokita panahon sa pandemya. Kini ang tubag ni Governador Edwin I. Jubahib sa mulo sa katawhan nga hapit na malumos sa utang tungod sa pagbagsak sa […]
BARMM mihatag og P10M tabang medical alang pobre’ng Muslim sa Davao
COTABATO CITY— Wa nay angay’ng kabalak-an ang mga pobre nga mga kaigsuonang Muslim sa Davao Region sanglit mamahimo na silang maka-avail sa libreng medical assiatance pinaagi sa Ayudang Medikal Mula sa Bangsamoro Government (AMBAG) Program’s Php10,000,000.00 fund nga gibutang sa Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC). Ang AMBAG opisyal nga gisugdan niadtong November 2019 diin ka […]
Avocado plantation pushed on NoCot ancestral domain
MAKILALA, North Cotabato–The North Cotabato provincial government is set to partner with a private investor to develop a Hass avocado plantation in an idle piece of land under the Manobo ancestral domain here. Governor Nancy Catamco said the vast tracts of land are still under-developed by claimants due to financial constraints and lack of suitable […]
DA-XI conducts blended training on Cacao fermentation and beans grading
Davao City — Taking advantage of the Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary William Dar’s declaration of Davao City as the country’s cacao capital, DA in Davao Region conducts blended learning on Cacao fermentation and beans grading. The blended learning covers School-on-the-Air (SOA) aired over DXRR AM’s MagUmaSenso Ta agri-based radio program and series of Techno […]
Rice farmers call Dar to act on low market price
DAVAO CITY — Rice farmers in North Cotabato are calling on Agriculture Secretary William Dar to listen to their cry over low price of palay in the market. Last week a handful of rice farmers went out of their farm and staged a protest in the poblacion of M’lang to dramatize their plight, which according […]
No closure notices yet from displaced private schools: DOLE
MANILA – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Tuesday said it has yet to receive notices of closure from private educational institutions whose operations were affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic. “We haven’t received notice of closure from educational institutions. Usually, if a company ceased operations, they must notify the DOLE on […]
Class Opening 2020: A harbinger for the ‘new normal’
Despite protestations from several sectors to scrap this school year altogether, the Department of Education went full steam ahead with the October 5 opening of classes nationwide. To some, it was a folly, even a dangerous one, but the return of over 22 million learners to their classes is no small feat, taken into consideration […]
Child-care principle applied in farming succeeds
Davao City — When the nursing profession was in demand, he was already a graduating student, wearing a scrub suit and has taken all the necessary preparation for his long-dreamt profession that of becoming nurse. But unlike others, his motivation of becoming a nurse was not easily swayed by global demands for Filipino nurses abroad, […]