ZAMBOANGA CITY — Four unidentified gunmen shot two Basilan town Mayors in Baliwasan Seaside, Zamboanga City at around 8:00 in the morning today. Police identified the fatality as Albarka Municipal Mayor Lajid Darus while Akbar Municipal Mayor Alih Salih was also hit but he is now in a hospital. The driver of Salih was also […]
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Sara says VP run opportunity to widen reach of service
DAVAO CITY – It was a hard decision but Davao City Mayor and vice-presidential candidate Sara Duterte opted to heed the clamor to serve the country. After she filed her certificate of candidacy (COC) for reelection on October 2, Duterte’s supporters continued their call for her to run for higher office, the presidency even. “I have […]
Congressman’s son killed in Cagayan de Oro
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — – A son of Cagayan de Oro First District Congressman Rolando Uy, Roland Sherwin “Tawi” Uy, and his quarry site caretaker Samuel Pabalan were killed inside their quarry stockyard on Thursday afternoon, November 11, 2021. Tawi Uy , served as councilor of Barangay Carmen where his mother Lorna serves as […]
Sara joins Lakas-CMD
DAVAO CITY — Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio has officially joined the national party Lakas-CMD on Thursday afternoon. She took her oath hours after she tendered her resignation from her regional political party, the Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP). Her entry to LAKAS-CMD, a national party fueled to speculations that she is running for a national post. Sara […]
Sara Duterte resigns from HNP
DAVAO CITY — Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio tendered her resignation from her regional party the Hugpong Ng Pagbabago (HNP) this morning, said Anthony del Rosario, the party’s secretary general. In his Facebook post, del Rosario stated ” At 9:30am today, 11 November 2021, Mayor Sara Z. Duterte tendered her resignation from Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP). In […]
Duterte warns political warlords, NPA to stay out from elections
DAVAO CITY – President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday warned political warlords and the New People’s Army to stay out of the May 2022 elections saying he would not think twice about using the police and military to ensure orderly polls. Duterte said he wants an orderly and honest elections “I will not allow fraud, tapos yung mga […]
Duterte announces retirement in politics
DAVAO CITY —President Rodrigo Duterte recently announced he is retiring from politics, a reason why he fielded his top aide Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go to run for vice president come 2022 elections. In an interview with reporters Duterte emphasized “In obedience to the universal will of the Filipino people , I just announce my […]
Clash of the Titans in Zambo Norte: It’s still Jalosjos vs Uy in Zambo del Norte, Church asks voters to observe sense of mission
DAPITAN CITY – As it were in the past elections in the perennially among the poorest provinces, two big political families – the Jalosjoses and Uys – are again heading toward a head-on collision in Zamboanga del Norte province while Bishop Severo Caermare of the Dipolog Diocese told them to have a sense of mission. […]
Independent candidates first to file COC in GenSan
GENERAL SANTOS CITY — The city streets leading to the Commission on Elections’ office flowed normally, and the Comelec office was a picture of normal life, with only three independent candidates filing their Certificates of Candidacy on the first day of filing for the 2022 National and Local Elections. For Joseph Señerez, the team leader […]
UBJP names candidates in Maguindanao province for 2022 polls
COTABATO CITY – The United Bangsamoro Justice Party (UBJP) on Sunday, September 26, proclaimed its candidates for different elective posts in the province of Maguindanao for the forthcoming May 9, 2022, national and local elections. This was announced in a statement by lawyer Naguib Sinarimbo, the deputy secretary-general of the UBJP. Sinarimbo said the candidates […]
Cong Rodriguez unfazed by grenade-throwing incident
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The grenade-throwing incident in his family’s ancestral house on Wednesday will not deter House Deputy Speaker Rufus Rodriguez to pursue his bod to join the mayoralty race here come 2022 national and local elections. Rodriguez issued the statement after a still-unknown assailant lobbed a grenade on his family’s ‘ ancestral […]
Lawyers group wants justice over death of human rights defender
DAVAO CITY — The Union of Peoples’ Lawyers in Mindanao ( UPLM) is calling on government to serve justice over the death of Atty. Juan Macababbad who was killed in his compound at Zone 2, Barangay Libertad, Surallah, South Cotabato, Wednesday night. Police investigations showed, Macababbad was closing the gate of his vicinity when two […]
Riding-in-tandem kill undefeated lady councilor in Bukidnon
DAVAO CITY — At around 3 p.m. on Saturday, June 12 inside their compound in Purok 2, Barangay San Antonio, unidentified armed men riding in tandem killed an undefeated town councilor of Talakag, Bukidnon Province. Councilor Susan Gayoman, 64, was preparing for the feast of San Antonio de Padua when the gunmen rushed in and […]