DAVAO CITY (March 9) —- Malacañang on Thursday, March 7, stressed that wiretapping is illegal in the country in response to criticisms on the legality of the use of intercepted phone conversations to cull information on the illegal drug industry in the country. Chief Presidential Legal Counsel and Presidential Spokesperson Salvador S. Panelo said that […]
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Duterte to sit down with Ombudsman, COA over circuitous rules, delaying government projects
DAVAO CITY (March 9) – –– President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, said he wants to sit down with the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) and Commission on Audit (COA) to discuss the possible crafting of a procedure to attain effective and efficient delivery of public services. “Maybe if I have time…I am so busy…I’d like […]
Empleyados gobernong magdula ug “Online game” oras ting tarbaho puedeng masuspenso
DAKBAYAN SA DABAW (March 9 ) — Posibleng masuspenso sa sulod sa unom ka bulan hangtud usa ka tuig, ang empleyado sa goberno kon kini masakpang nagdula ug “Online Game” oras ting tarbaho. Usa ka salaud ang paggamit sa oras tingtarbaho sa personal nga bulohaton sa empleyado, ug gikonsidera kini ngapagbiya sa iyang trababo. Kini […]
300 Cebu hotel workers to lose jobs
CEBU – About 300 workers of Big Hotel, a three-start hotel in Mandaue City, Cebu, may lose their jobs after the hotel management decided to close the hotel instead of entering a new lease agreement with the City Government. The Mandaue City government earlier ordered the closure of the hotel for their failure to secure […]
Army to build halfway houses, farms for ex-NPAs in ZamboSur
PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur — Halfway houses and farms are set to be developed on a 19.5-hectare land of the provincial government for the “From Arms to Farms” project. Intended for former New People’s Army (NPA) rebels, the project is a joint undertaking of the provincial government, Army’s 53rd Infantry Battalion, and the Department of […]
24 drums of spilled oil recovered off Davao rivers
DAVAO CITY—Twenty-four drums of spilled oil were recovered from the Ising and Taba Rivers on Friday after a pipeline of a banana packing plant in Carmen, Davao del Norte leaked to the canal and flowed to the two waterways. Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) – Davao commander Lt. George Maganto said they conducted the clean-up and […]
6.4 magnitude earthquake hits Surigao del Norte
DAVAO CITY (March 8)-— A 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit Surigao del Norte at 11:06 tonight. Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the earthquake of tectonic origin had a depth of 16 kilometers North of Burgos, Surigao del Norte. The Phivolcs also reported a 4.1 magnitude earthquake about five kilometers East of Carmen North […]
Duterte fires PCSO General Manager due to serious corruption allegations
DAVAO CITY (March 8) — President Rodrigo Duterte fired Alexander Balutan, the general manager of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) Friday. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said, Balutan was fired “due to serious allegations of corruption”, but he did not elaborate. But Balutan’s deputy spokesperson Florante Solmerin told reporters, Balutan resigned for personal reasons. Balutan, […]
More than 8K erring cops sanctioned since 2016
MANILA — Some 8,440 erring police officers were slapped with administrative sanctions since 2016 under the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) internal cleansing program. PNP spokesperson, Col. Bernard Banac, said from January 2016 to February 28, 2019, a total of 2,528 policemen were dismissed from the service, 4,511 were suspended from their work, 601 were reprimanded, 507 […]
Statement of Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad
The following is the statement of Malaysian Prime Minister yesterday at the Palace. Thank you, Mr. President. Members of the Philippines government and the Malaysian government, members of the press. I am very pleased and honored with the hospitality that His Excellency President Rodrigo Duterte and the government of the Republic of the Philippines extended […]
Duterte welcomes his friend, partner and brother Malaysian PM Mahathir
DAVAO CITY (March 8) — President Rodrigo Duterte yesterday welcomed his friend, partner and brother Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir Bin Mohamad for his state visit. In his welcome speech, Duterte said “Welcome back to Manila Mr. Prime Minister. Thank you for accepting my invitation to visit my country as soon after my own […]
P500K drugs seized in Zambo
DAVAO CITY (March 7) — More than P500,000 worth of methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu was seized Thursday by operatives of the Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO) from two suspected drug pushers at the port area of the city. Zamboanga Police information officer Capt. Shellamie Chang said 14 small packs of shabu with an estimated value […]
Buntis ug tulo ka kauban sa balay, patay sa sunog sa Arakan NoCot
KIDAPAWAN CITY (Marso 7) — Nikaging and lawas sa upat ka tawo, kauban ang usa ka buntis human gilamoy sa kalayo ang ilang dos andanas nga balay sa Little Baguio, Baranay Meocan, Arakan, North Cotabato, kagahapon sa kaadlawon. Sumala ni Senior Fire Officer Ronald Valle, sa Bureau of Fire Arakan, nasunog ang balay ni Ronie […]