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BIR TAKE. Bureau of Internal Revenue commissioner Caesar Dulay speaks during the Tax Campaign Kick-off 2017 at the Davao Convention Center yesterday. LEAN DAVAL JR.

BIR surpasses excise tax target

Total actual excise tax collections for January 2018 reached P22.078 billion, or over 7.7 percent of the goal of P20.501 billion for that month and 81.69 percent higher compared to the P12.152 billion tax...

All systems go for Bulawan festival

The provincial government of Compostela Valley has expressed readiness to celebrate its 11th Bulawan (Growing Green for Good Governance) Festival and 20th founding anniversary...
Runners compete in the 400-meter hurdles in the ongoing Davao Regional Athletic Association meet at University of Mindanao Sports Complex in Davao City on Tuesday, February 20. Mindanews Photo

DEPED 11: City likely to host Palaro 2019

The Department of Education (DepEd) 11 is confident that the hosting Palarong Pambansa next year will be awarded to Davao City. This was bared by...
BUDGET PRESS BRIEFING. Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno provides updates on the 2017 budget of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte's administration during a press briefing at Malacañang yesterday. TOTO LOZANO/Presidential Photo

TRAIN to yield P130-B revenues

Amidst complaints about the additional excise tax that goes with the Tax Reform Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN), Department of Budget and Management Secretary Benjamin...
UNPERTURBED. President Duterte gestures while delivering a speech in this undated photo. The President’s net satisfaction and trust ratings dropped according to the latest survey of The Social Weather Stations (SWS). Duterte recorded a gross satisfaction rating of 67 percent while his gross trust rating was higher at 73 percent. LEAN DAVAL JR.

Duterte will not railroad cha-cha

President Rodrigo R. Duterte will not railroad Charter change (Cha-cha) and has vowed to give lawmakers “ample time” to ponder on its proposed revisions,...
OPPOSED. Sheikh Abdulhabi Gumander (left), chair of the Bangsamoro Foreign Information Center, together with Davao City madrasah center head Sheikh Jamal Munib and other Muslim leaders, expresses his objection against the planned internationalization of Islam’s two most holy mosques, Maccah and Medina in Saudi Arabia, by Iran and Qatar during a news conference at Grand Men Seng Hotel on Saturday night. LEAN DAVAL JR

Bid to change status of Mecca mosques opposed

Muslim leaders in Mindanao opposed the proposed internationalization of two Holy Mosques in Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia. In a press conference at Grand...

Sara warns Alvarez to desist from attacks

Davao City Mayor Sara Z. Duterte warned House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez that she will campaign for his defeat in Davao del Norte if he...

Former Palaro medalists out to earn second medals in Vigan

Two of the region's Palarong Pambansa-bound boxing gold medalists are out to prove their worth in Vigan, Ilocos Sur. The two--2016 gold medalist John Ednoel...

DOJ signs deal to build building for its agencies

The Davao City government and Department of Justice has signed a usufruct contract that would enable it to use city property for the putting...

Lebanese in killing of Pinay in custody

The Department of Foreign Affairs announced on Friday night that one of the the principal suspects in the murder of overseas Filipino worker Joanna...