DAVAO CITY –— – The more than 400 families having 1,772 individuals from seven villages of Digos City, Davao del Sur, who fled their homes to a safer ground on Sunday night to due flashfloods have returned home safety on Monday. In a report published by Philippine Information Agency (PIA) Digos City Risk Reduction and […]
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Food distribution and re-greening highlight San Isidro town anniversary
DAVAO CITY — In a new normal world when people are not allowed to converge, and celebration deferred due to the continuing threat of coronavirus pandemic, a small town of San Isidro town in Davao del Norte celebrated the festivity by distributing food to the people while local officials and people’s organization into tree planting. […]
P2-M ecstasy, weeds declared as gift and toys intercepted at NAIA
DAVAO CITY — The Bureau of Customs-Port of NAIA turned over on Monday, June 29, 2020 to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) an estimated Php 2 million worth of ecstasy tablets, raw Ecstacy and marijuana seized by Customs officers. The 500 tablets of ecstasy from Germany were discovered hidden inside different parcels. The raw […]
PH has sufficient rice supply: Palace
MANILA – There is no need to import additional rice because the Philippines has sufficient supply, Malacañang said on Monday. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made this remark after the Philippine International Trading Corp. (PITC), an attached agency of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), abandoned the plan of importing 300,000 metric tons (MT) of rice. […]
Palace distances from proposal to rename NAIA
MANILA – Malacañang on Monday distanced itself from the lawmakers’ move to rename the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) to Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Pilipinas. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the Palace will leave it to Congress to file measures they wanted. “Iniiwan po namin iyan sa Kongreso dahil kinakailangan po ng batas kung kinakailangang baguhin ang […]
SPMC mo-abri na sa ubang departamento karong Hulyo
DAKBAYAN SA DABAW — Subling abrihan sa Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) ang uban niining departamento sa sunod bulan sa Hulyo, apan, hugot niining ipatuman ang mga regulasyon aron malikayan ang pagtakud sa Coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) sa mga pasyente. Sukad niadtong Marso, gipasira sa SPMC ang uban niining departmento kay gitutukan niini ang pagtubag sa mga […]
400 Filipino deportees to arrive June 30 in Zamboanga City
ZAMBOANGA CITY–A local official here has appealed to the national government to coordinate with the Malaysian government to request for a one-week deferment in the deportation of Filipinos via this city. Dr. Elmeir Jade Apolinario, City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (CDRRMO) chief, said Monday the deferment would give them ample time to prepare for […]
TF-Davao and PDEA net P.8-million bust in a day
DAVAO CITY — The massive intelligence and inter-agency collaboration in the fight against illegal drugs in the city have yielded P801,800 worth of confiscated drugs in two separate operations today, June 29. Task Force Davao Commander Consolito Yecla told Newsline, at around 1:45 in the afternoon on Monday, personnel of the composite team from task […]
Marawi opens new patient care center
ILIGAN CITY – The local government unit (LGU) of Marawi City opened a new quarantine and treatment facility over the weekend. Marawi City Mayor Majul Gandamra said the new facility which was opened on Saturday would help decongest the provincial screening and quarantine facility in Barangay Sagonsongan. The facility is a converted PHP30-million Siyapen Center, the […]
Sarangani seeks stricter monitoring on returning residents
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Sarangani provincial health authorities said they have further tightened their monitoring on returning residents after the province recorded another confirmed case of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) on Sunday, its second case in two days. Dr. Arvin Alejandro, the head of the Sarangani health office, on Monday said the latest case was […]
PH winning fight vs. Covid-19: Palace
MANILA – The Philippines is winning the fight against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), Malacañang said Monday, after the country defied the number of cases projected by a University of the Philippines (UP) study. “In terms of positivity rate, in terms of case-doubling rate, in case of mortality rate, we are winning. In fact, we defied what […]
Sara Duterte respects personal belief but asks residents to trust medical doctors
DAVAO CITY — Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio has called on Dabawenyos to trust medical doctors as she brushed aside misconceptions and fears that getting tested or swabbed for the coronavirus is painful. The Mayor who was interviewed in the city government-owned radio station DCDR on Friday noon said she respects people practicing some traditional cures or […]
DOTr orders shipping lines to allot space for food and give discounts for agri products
DAVAO CITY — Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade has ordered the domestic shipping lines to provide no less than 12 percent of their vessel’s cargo capacity per voyage for the exclusive accommodation of agricultural and food products, and to extend preferential shipping rates on agricultural and food products. Tugade issued on Wednesday a Department Order 2020-007, […]