Davao City (March 24)— The Sandiganbayan convicts former Maguindanao Governor Sajid Islam Ampatuan after finding him guilty of graft, falsification and malversation in connection with the alleged anomalous purchase of PHP35.7-million worth of construction materials in 2009. On Friday, March 22, the anti-graft court sentenced Ampatuan to 40 years imprisonment. In a 36-page resolution, the […]
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Pagpanghatag ug condom alang estudyante sa High School didto sa Albay gisaway
DAKBAYAN SA DABAW (Marso 23) — Gisaway sa kadagkuan sa Department of Education ug Simbahang Katoliko sa Albay ang plano sa ilang Provincial Health Office nga manghatag ug libreng condom sa mga estudyante sa high school. Ang katuyuan sa pagpanghatag ug condom, subay kuno sa kampanya sa pagsumpo ang pagtaas sa ihap sa mga batan-on nga […]
Four soldiers charged for shooting former Dumigang Mayor Pacalioga
ILIGAN CITY (March 22) —- Four soldiers from the Army’s 1st Infantry Division (1ID) were charged frustrated murder and for violating the election gun ban, for allegedly shooting former Dumigang Mayor Nacianceno Pacalioga Jr. Wednesday morning in Barangay Esperanza, Bacolod, Lanao del Norte. The four suspects were arrested at a police checkpoint in Bacolod, several […]
NDF consultant, companion arrested in Cavite raid
DAVAO CITY (March 22) — Government operatives on Wednesday night arrested National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) peace consultant and his companion in a raid in Gen. Bautista St., Poblacion II-A in Imus, Cavite. Arrested were Renante Gamara, NDFP peace consultant for the National Capital Region and retired priest Arturo Joseph Balagat were presented in a […]
15 ka balay gi-demolis sulod sa UP-Mindanao Campus
DAKBAYAN SA DABAW (Marso 22) — Hini-usang puersa sa kapulisan ug Kinse mga pinuy-anan ang gi-demolis kagahapon sa buntag sulod sa University of Philippines (UP) Mindanao campus, sa Bago Oshiro, Tugbok District ning dakbadayan. Nahimong hapsay ang gihimong demolisyon, apan, usa ka 80-anyos nga lola ang emosyonal nga nagdumili sa pagabungkag sa iyang balay tugod […]
DILF files charges vs 45 Mayors over failure to create anti-drugs council
DAVAO CITY (March 21)-— The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has filed a complaint against 45 mayors before the Office of the Ombudsman for their alleged failure or refusal to create Anti-Illegal Drugs Abuse Council (ADAC) in their areas. DILG Secretary Eduardo Año the department filed the complaint after the concerned officials […]
Duterte signs EO to fund salary increase for government employees
DAVAO CITY (March 21) — President Rodrigo Duterte has signed an executive order providing the needed fund to effect the 4th tranche of salary increase for government employees. The President signed EO No. 76 on March 16, but Malacañang released said document yesterday, March 20. The EO, amended a portion of EO No. 201 signed […]
Package from Canada contains illegal drugs ‘Ephedrine’
DAVAO CITY (March 21) — Customs personnel stationed at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) intercepted a package from Ontario, Canada which yielded thirteen (13) bottles containing 650 tablets of ‘Ephedrine’ inside. The package was discovered in Central Mail Exchange Center on March 19, 2019. Ephedrine is a medication and stimulant. It is often used to prevent […]
Ex-Dumingag Zambo Sur vice mayor survives slay try, 4 persons of interest held
ILIGAN CITY (March 21) — Four suspected riding-in-tandem gunmen shot Wednesday morning former Vice-Mayor Nacianceno Pacalioga, Jr. of Dumingag, Zamboanga del Sur, in Barangay Esperanza, Bacolod, Lanao del Norte. The former vice mayor is now in safe condition and recuperating in a hospital here. In a follow up operations, the Maigo, Lanao del Norte police […]
Isa patay, 2 samaran sa bangga didto sa Sultan Kudarat
DAKBAYAN SA TACURONG (Marso 21) — Usa patay, duha samaran sadihang nagbangga ang duha ka sakyanan sa Barangay Dukay, Esperanza, Sultan Kudarat kagahapon. Giila ang namatay nga si Trisha Manansala, nagmaneho sa Mitsubishi Mirage nga dunay plaka number B2-P711, padulong sa Isulan, Sultan Kudarat. Samtang samaran sila si Paul Solivio, driver sa van nga dunay […]
Duterte dissolves GRP peace panel in talks with Reds
DAVAO CITY (MArch 21) — President Rodrigo Duterte has dissolved the government panel negotiating for peace with the communist rebels and the appointment of the peace panel members have been terminated. In letters addressed to each of the panel members dated March 18, the Office of the President said their appointments are now terminated since […]
Bato emotional over survey climb, vows to campaign harder on the ground
DAVAO CITY (March 20)— Administration senatorial candidate Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa was emotional when he shared in a campaign sortie in Tacloban City on Tuesday, that his ranking in the latest Pulse Asia survey went up. “Mas lalo akong na motivate to work harder sa ground and campaign because I felt na mahal ninyo ako, […]
PNP raids Ampatuan compound in Maguindanao, found explosives, ammo
COTABATO CITY — Police operatives raided on Tuesday morning, March 19, the compound of the late Maguindanao governor Datu Andal Ampatuan Sr. in Barangay Satan, Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao and seized explosives and ammunition. Authorities however, missed to arrest the principal suspects. In a report published by Philippine News Agency, Maguindanao police director, Col. Ronald Briones, said […]