ZAMBOANGA CITY – In a proactive move to ensure that the mandated price ceiling for rice is upheld, Zamboanga City Mayor John Dalipe, along with personnel from the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Trade and Industry, conducted a monitoring operation at the city’s primary markets. Key markets, such as Magay and Santa Cruz […]
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Bureau of Immigration clarifies role in handling Filipinos with arrest warrants
MANILA – The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has issued a statement to clarify its responsibilities when dealing with Filipinos with arrest warrants at entry and exit points. BI Commissioner Norman Tansingco provided this clarification following concerns raised by Senator Robin Padilla during his recent speech on September 5. Padilla highlighted the case of Mohammad Said, […]
Magnitude 4.7 quake hits three Mindanao cities
DAVAO CITY –— Residents and students immediately got out of their rooms when Magnitude 4.7 earth hit the cities of Davao, Kidapawan and Cotabato City at 3:51 on Wednesday, it was the second in almosty an hour. The Philippines Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said it was a magnitude 4.7 of tectonic origin. The Phivolcs […]
Magnitude 3.5 quake jolts several areas in Mindanao
DAVAO CITY — Residents of some barangays in Davao City felt a strong tremor after a loud sound beneath bt the Philippines Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said it was a magnitude 3.5 of tectonic origin. The Phivolcs added that intensity 3 was felt in Davao City. The tremors were also felt in Mati City, […]
P60-M rice processing system to rise in Davao del Norte town
DAVAO CITY — The Kapalong town in Davao del Norte will soon have a P60-million rice processing system 2 in barangay Capungagan. The allocation for the construction was taken against the fund provided by the provincial government to the Philippine Center for Postharvest and mechanism project (PhilMech). Davao del Norte Governor Edwin Jubahib on Tuesday […]
DPWH employee shot dead in Cotabato province
MIDSAYAP, North Cotabato – An employee of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) of North Cotabato 1st Engineering District was killed in a broad daylight on Tuesday along the national highway in Midsayap town, Cotabato province. Lt. Col. John Miredel Calinga, municipal police chief, identified the victim as Jerry Largo Jr., an employee of […]
Zamboanga fire victims receive assistance
DAVAO CITY — Some 240 families victimized by fire in barangay Camino Nuevo in Zamboanga City received their cash assistance from the representatives of the Department of Social Welfare and Development on Monday, Sepetember inside a mall in said city. Mayor John dalipe joined the DSWD representatives in handing the cash assistance to the families […]
Aboitiz Cleanergy Park: The caretaker’s world
DAVAO CITY — Growing up in a serene and green community if Punta Dumalag he only wached the sprawling untouched but secured place where every mangroove and plants were protected, little did the young Rodolfo Manib knew the same place will be the paradise for the hawkbills where he can father all the endangered mammals […]
1 injured in Maguindanao Sur explosion
DAVAO CITY — A civilian was wounded when two M79 grenade launchers exploded in the village of Digal, Buluan, Maguindanao del Sur past 2:00 in the mornning Sunday. Buluan town police chief Lt. Cemacio Cemafranco told radio station dxMS that they are still investigating the circumstances behind the explosion. Cemfranco said the grande launchers simultaneously […]
Sari-sari store naugdaw sa sunog
DAVAO CITY – Bandang alas 6:00 kagabii, Setyembre 3, 2023 dihang miulbo og sugod ang kalayo sa balay nila Lito Dalogdog Caberte ug Geraldine Caberte Carreon sa Campo 1, PUrok 1-c, Barangay Talomo River, Calinan, Davao City ug mikanit ang kalayo sa sari-sari store. Miresponde ang mga personahe sa Calinan Fire Station ug USAR sa […]
P18M cocaine found inside airline passenger’s luggage
DAVAO CITY — The Bureau of Customs (BOC) stationed at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport arrested a passenger after authorities found P18-million worth of cocaine concealed inside her luggage, the agency reported on Friday. The incident happened on August 24 at the terminal 3 from Addis Ababa via Ethiopian Airlines ET 664, according to the […]
Bangsamoro gov’t constructs desalination facility in Basilan
DAVAO CITY — In an effort to provice potable water to some 5,000 residents in the municipality of Hadji Muhtamad in Basilan province, the Bangsamoro Government has started the construction of water desalination facility. In a press statement, the Bangsamoro government said the project which was inaugurated on August 6, will serve the residents of said […]
Mutya ng Dabaw candidate aspires as SK chairman
DAVAO CITY — Former Mutya ng Dabaw 2023 candidate Aziayana Patricia Mandalupe has filed her Certificate of Candidacy as the chairman of the Sanguniang Kabataan of Barangay Dumoy this city. Mandalupe, 20 years old, was one of the candidates for Mutya ng Dabaw last March, his brother ArtemJohn who was the former SK chairperson accompanied […]