DAKBAYAN SA CEBU — Usa ka lalake nga taga Digos, Davao del Sur ang napalgang patay sa lungsod sa Balamban,Cebu niadtong Martes sa gabii, Agosto 20. Giila sa kapolisan ang biktima nga si Armando “Max” Bernaldez Oppus pinaagi sa iyang passport nga nakuha sa sunog barangay diin nakit-an ang iyang lawas. Si Oppus giingong chief […]
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Duterte to decide on China’s proposal to ban online gambling
MANILA — Malacañang will leave it to President Rodrigo Duterte to decide whether he would heed China’s suggestion to ban all online gambling in the Philippines. “We will have to ask the President on his policy on this. Hindi natin alam kung may possibility or walang possibility (We don’t know if there is a possibility for a total ban or […]
Neophyte DavNor guv works even on holidays, weekends
TAGUM CITY — Neophyte Davao del Norte Governor Edwin Jubahib made true his campaign promise to work 24/7 and during holidays to cope up to the demands of his province. On August 21, a non-working holiday, Davao-based reporters witnessed Jubahib holding a special meeting among department heads to discuss the 2020 Annual Investment Plan (AIP) […]
Kidapawan fruit festival highlights first IP mass wedding
DAVAO CITY — Kidapawan City is not just celebrating their Timpupo Festival with the bountiful fruit harvest, they highlighted the occasion by hosting the first tribal mass wedding which legalized the union of 44 couples who have been living together for years. On Saturday August 18, Mayor Joseph Evangelista sealed the union of 44 couples […]
‘Duterte’ is now in dictionary
DAVAO CITY — Did you know that “duterte” is not just a family name, but word listed in the Urban dictionary, which can be used as a verb and as an adjective. The Urban Dictionary defined “duterte” as “to scam, trick, con, or use unscrupulous means to an end; or to betray.” As an adjective, […]
House to hasten timely passage of 2020 budget
MANILA — The leadership of the House of Representatives on Tuesday vowed to work overtime to pass the proposed PHP4.1-trillion for 2020 on time, as part of its commitment to provide a safe and comfortable life for all Filipinos. Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano said a “united House” is excited and happy to have received the […]
166 health workers deployed in Davao City villages
DAVAO CITY–The City Health Office (CHO) and the Department of Health (DOH) deployed 166 health professionals to several barangays in the city to further boost the delivery of health services. Monday’s deployment is composed of doctors, dentists and nurses under the national government’s Human Resource for Health (HRH) program with the aim of addressing the […]
Egyptian trader shot dead in Digos City
DIGOS CITY — Still unidentified assailants gunned down an Egyptian national at about 1:20 a.m. here Monday. Haitian Ramadan Hamed Abdelrady, 31, a resident of Barangay Zone 1, Digos City, sustained multiple gunshot wounds in different parts of the body during the attack along Jumaoas Street. Police Staff Sgt. Earl Cryz Guarino, the officer-on-case, said the […]
111k social pensioners delisted by DSWD-12, deaths and double entry cited
DAVAO CITY — The cleansing of records involving social pensioners resulted to the deletion of at least 111,504 in Region 12 (Soccsksargen). When the agency started to validate the records of the beneficiaries on the Social Pension Program for Indigent Senior Citizens, they found out double entries while others on their list are already dead. […]
Former DENR Secretary Gina Lopez dies at 65
DAVAO CITY —- Environmental advocate and former environment and natural resources secretary Regina “Gina” Lopez on Monday succumb to brain cancer. She was 65. Lopez who championed children’s right, an Anti-mining and environment activist served as environment secretary but the Commission on Appointments refused to concur her. Malacañang mourned on Monday the death of former […]
Pagbisita ni Briones sa hilit nga lumad skul sa Talaingod gikalipay sa kumunidad
DAKBAYAN SA TAGUM — Dili masukod ang kalipay nga gibati sa mga estudyante ug katawhan sa hilit nga sitio sa Nasilaban, Palma Gil sa munisipyo sa Talaingod sa dihang gibisita sila ni Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Leonor M. Briones. Halos dili katuo ang kumunidad nga niaabot si Briones sa ilang lugar ug nakigtagbu sa […]
Iligan Diocese prepares for new bishop
ILIGAN CITY — The Iligan Diocese is now getting ready to welcome its fifth bishop to be installed on September 5, this year, after one year and six months that the diocese was “vacant”. Bishop-elect Jose Rapadas, 47, the incumbent Vicar General of the Diocese of Ipil in Zamboanga Sibugay, was appointed by Pope Francis […]
Army raids armed group camp in Lanao del Norte
ILIGAN CITY — The 5th Mechanized Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army, raided on Saturday morning, August 17, a “camp” of an armed group in Sapad, Lanao del Norte. The soldiers engaged in a firefight with an armed group led by certain Norjamal Tomarompong, in a clearing operation. The place, located at the boundaries of Salvador town, […]