DAVAO CITY — Dozens of parents immeditaely tropped at the gate of Santa Ana Central Elementary School after a parent received a message that a bomb was placed within the vicitnity of the sschool. Students were imediately secured while local police and traffic authorities closed a portion of Ramon Magsaysay Avenue here particularly near Santa […]
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Authorities Seize P4.4-M Smuggled Cigarettes
DAVAO CITY — The Bureau of Customs (BOC) recent;y seized some 8,200 reams of various brands of smuggled cigarettes and one Isuzu closed van with an estimated value of Php 4.4 million. The items were seized at a checkpoint through the joint efforts of the Bureau’s enforcement and intelligence units; the army’s 603rd Brigade and […]
Bragas Rape-Slay Case Far from Over?
DAVAO CITY –— The Special Investigation Task Group Bragas filed rape with homicide cases on June 5 against four persons who allegedly raped and choked to death the 28-year-old architect Vlance Marie Laruan Bragas on May 17. Davao City Police Office (DCPO) director Colonel Alberto Lupaz in a press conference night of June 5, identified […]
Bangsamoro parliamentarian wants to create another town
DAVAO CITY — A Parliamentarian in the Bangsamoro Autonomuos Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) wants to create another town out of the existing Municipality of Kabacan in Cotabato Province. Parliament member Engr. Aida Silongan, who chairs the committee on local government pf the Bangsamoro Transiton Authority, said the enactment of this bill should have already […]
Davao City Barangay Officials arrested for falsification of public documents
DAVAO CITY – Two local officials from Barangay Matina Pangi were apprehended by the combined forces of CIDG-DCFU and Talomo Police Station on June 9 for falsification of public documents. The arrested individuals were identified as Barangay Kagawad Julito Reston, 57, and Barangay Treasurer Dexyma Robillo, 34. Their arrest was made in response to a […]
Sandigan affirms conviction of ex-Bukidnon registry officer
DAVAO CITY —-The Sandiganbayan sustained the decision of the Regional Trial Court in Bukidnon province in sentencing Atty. Manuel C. Felicia to ten years imprisonment for graft. The anti-graft court denied the appeal filed by Felicia, the former chief of the Register of Deeds in the province of Bukidnon. The Bukidnon regional trial court (RTC) […]
Rigen investment scam leaders get life imprisonment
DAVAO CITY-— The Regional Trial Court Branch 2 of Tagum City sentenced the two officials of the defunct Rigen Wellness Product Marketing to life imprisonment for syndicated estafa. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)-Davao on Monday reported that the RTC Branch 2 in Tagum City found Rico John Colorines Garcia and King Paul Bryan Auditor, […]
Korean technology hastens Panguil Bay Bridge construction
TANGUB CITY — The P7.38-billion Panguil Bay Bridge in Northern Mindanao is moving on schedule with bored piles for the piers and abutments almost done, despite the two-year pandemic lull. The ILM Korean technology makes the difference in the construction, said Project Management Office manager Engr. Marlon Galerio of the Department of Public Works and […]
PH still open to exploration of untapped gas fields
MANILA – The Philippines is open to exploring the potential gas fields that remain untapped, the Department of Energy (DOE) said on Saturday. In a bid to meet the energy requirements, DOE Undersecretary Alessandro Sales said the doors are still open for investors interested in tapping the country’s potential power resources. “Ang more important thing dito […]
VP Sara and Arroyo meet after stepping down from Lakas-CMD
DAVAO CITY — Hours after they resigned from the ruling Lakas-CMD political party, Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio and former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo got together. On her Facebook Page Arroyo posted: “Picture was taken after May 19 lunch hosted by Mr. Manny Pangilinan to celebrate the birthdays of Vice-President Sara Duterte, former President Gloria Macapagal […]
Young Davaoeña Architect found dead in a ditch
DAVAO CITY — A lifeless body of a young Davaoeña architect was found in a ditch inside a banana plantation early today in Purok 6, Brgy Dacudao, Barangay Calinan, this city. Police Regional director BGen. Alden Delvo has ordered the Davao City Police Office to prioritize the investigation and arrest the suspect. Delvo identified the […]
Basilan PNP orders police precincts to set up checkpoints amid rising shooting incidents
LAMITAN CITY, Basilan— The police provincial office here has ordered the local police stations to beef up check and go massive in their inspections in the midst of rising shooting incidents involving motorcycle-riding gunmen. Police Colonel Carlos Madronio who recently visited the city ordered his men to ensure that checkpoints are set up and everyone […]
LTO to launch digital driver’s license
DAVAO CITY — To have an alternative driver’s licensed in lieu of the plactic card shortage, the the Land Transportation Office (LTO) is set to laung a digital driver’s license. As it is now, the LTO stuggles to issue the real one citing the tidious government procurement procedure. The electronic version of driver’s license will […]