DAVAO CITY — Davao del Norte is not totally closing its doors to people outside their province but stressed the need to protect everyone from coronavirus-19 (Covid-19) infection. Governor Edwin Jubahib in an interview with Newsline Wednesday night said aside from the frontliners, PNP personnel and other persons considered as frontliners, “We allow entry of […]
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Panabo checkpoint now allows access but travellers must present ID
DAVAO CITY —– The Panabo Covid-19 checkpoint now allows travelers and residents to pass but one must bring identification card, says Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Director Alex Roldan who visited the checkpoint at around 10:58 Thursday morning. In an interview with Newsline, Roldan said the visit was to check and see for […]
Cebu mayor gi-imbestigar mga estudyanteng nagpositibo nga nakauli sa Maguindanao
CEBU CITY — Gustong mahibaw-an ni Mayor Edgardo Labella nganong nakapauli ang 12 ka estudyante sa Maguindanao nga wala moagi og testing para coronavirus disease (Covid-19). Gisugo ni Labella ang pag-imbestigadar niini human mitaho ang Department of Health nga ang mga estudyante nagpositibo sa virus pag-abot sa ilang probinsiya. Ang mga estudyante nga nahatagan og […]
Ex-DCPO director Dubria is now PNP-12 director
DAVAO CITY — Former Davao City Police Office director Brigadier General Michael John Dubria is now the regional director of Philippine National Police-12. Dubria was designated by PNP Chief Archie Gamboa in a special order dated May 19, promoting him as PNP-12 Regional Director. Meantime, Dubria is also noted for his track record as a […]
PDEA director general Aquino out, Villanueva in
DAVAO CITY — President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) director general Aaron Aquino as the president and chief operations officer of the Clark International Airport Corporation on 22 May 2020. He will be replaced by Colonel Wilkins Villanueva the director from Northern Mindanao. Aquino and Villanueva both served Davao City in […]
BARMM reports 11 more students from Cebu tested positive for COVID-19
COTABATO CITY —The Ministry of Health of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) has recorded eleven (11) new Coronavirus disease (Covid-19) confirmed cases in the region on Tuesday, May 26. MOH Minister Dr. Saffrullah Dipatuan said these new cases are among the 16 students from Cebu who were sent back to the region […]
Davao City Gov’t proposes incentives for business firms supporting the city’s Covid-19 response
DAVAO CITY — City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio has asked the City Council to approve an ordinance containing her proposal to grant incentives and relief to business establishments supporting the city government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. In a press statement issued by the City Information Office on Tuesday, it reported that Duterte-Carpio already submitted the […]
University professor shot dead in GenSan
GENERAL SANTOS CITY — A professor of the Mindanao State University here was shot by motorcycle-riding gunmen in front of the KCC Warehouse in Apopong, General Santos City at past 4 pm yesterday afternoon, May 26. Professor Mohammad Taha Abdulgapor was with his unnamed wife inside their car when the still unidentified gunmen shot them. […]
4 Davao City market vendors fail Covid screening, rapid tests
DAVAO CITY – Mayor Sara Duterte said Tuesday that four out of the 464 vendors of Agdao Public Market failed the screening and rapid tests conducted by the City Health Office (CHO) on Monday. Vendors of Agdao Public Market, one of the biggest markets in the city, were tested on Monday after six persons tested positive […]
Duterte asks LGUs to accept returning OFWs
DAVAO CITY — President Rodrigo Duterte is again calling on the local government units (LGUs) to accept returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) stressing they could be charged if they refuse to take in the returning workers. Everyone’s right to travel and to return home is guaranteed under the Constitution, President Duterte said. “Now let me […]
Catholic Churches prepare for May 31 resumption of masses sans community singing
DAVAO CITY –— The Catholic churches in the Archdiocese of Davao are preparing to resume Church service and Holy Masses on May 31, but this time no more community singing, said Monsigñor Paul A. Cuison. Churchgoers must strictly follow the guidelines and health protocol. Cuison, the Vicar General of the Archdiocese and personal liaison of […]
Cotabato City mayor’s secretary shot dead
COTABATO CITY – The police and the city leadership here are facing blank wall over the death of Aniceto Rasalan, the secretary and the spokesperson of Cotabato City Mayor Cynthia Guiani-Sayadi, who was shot dead Monday morning. Rolen Balquin, chief of the Cotabato City Public Safety Office, said Rasalan, 58, secretary of the Mayor, was shot […]
Pregnant NPA medic reunites with sons after 9 years
BUENAVISTA, Agusan del Norte — A pregnant member of the communist New People’s Army (NPA) has been reunited with her three sons nine years after she left them in the care of her family. “Apay”, 38, along with 18-year-old “Wena”–another pregnant colleague–surrendered to the Army’s 23rd Infantry Battalion on May 16 after a civilian tipoff led […]