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Siargao mayor serves 90-day preventive suspension

DAPA, Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte – The mayor here has vacated office following the 90-day preventive suspension order issued by the Sandiganbayan...
Fr. Lamata with St. Jude rondalla group_photo courtesy of Davao catholic Herald

Fr. Lamata prays for Rody’s health

Fr. Pedro Lamata, parish priest of St. Jude Thadeus Parish with main church along General Malvar St. in Davao City, prayed for the...
Workers at the construction site of the megadike project at the back of the City Hall in Cagayan de Oro City on Wednesday (14 December 2016). The dike was built to avoid a repeat of the damage wrought by Typhoon “Sendong” five years ago. MinfaNews photo by Froilan Gallardo

5 years after ‘Sendong’: CDO megadike project not ready yet

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY  – The P11-billion peso “mega dike” project which was designed to save thousands of lives along the banks of Cagayan...
PUTTING THE MESSAGE ACROSS. President Rodrigo Duterte holds a glass of water to stress a point while answering questions during a news conference upon his arrival from Auckland, New Zealand and from the participation to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders' meeting in Lima, Peru at the Davao International Airport in Davao City last week. Duterte pushes through with his scheduled visit to Lanao del Sur today despite an IED explosion that injured seven members of the Presidential Security Group and two other soldiers yesterday. LEAN DAVAL JR.

Duterte cited among world’s most powerful people

President Rodrigo Duterte’s strong war on drugs has earned him a place as one of the Most Powerful People of 2016 by Forbes Magazine. According...

P23-M weighlifting center to rise in Zambo

Expect more Hidilyn Diazes to come from the city of Zamboanga, the country’s weightlifting capital. The national government is allocating P23-million to finance the construction...
SUENO REPORT TO PRESIDENT. Secretary Ismael Sueno of Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) reports to President Duterte the outcome of the two-day 3rd Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Local Government Summit held at SM Lanang Premier’s SMX Convention Center on Thursday night. LEAN DAVAL JR.

DILG chief orders control of firecracker sale and use

The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) enjoined Thursday the Philippine National Police , Bureau of Fire Protection, and local government units to...

Col. Gapay assumes as TF Haribon commander

Effective December 15, the Joint Task Force Haribon in Davao City will have a new commander in the person of Col. Gilbert I. Gapay. Gapay...
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte salutes the honor guards upon his arrival at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport prior to his state visit to Cambodia on December 13, 2016. KING RODRIGUEZ/Presidential Photo

Burning of flag not an issue on Rody’s visit to Singapore

The burning of Singaporean flag involving President Rodrigo Duterte when he was still mayor here in the 90s was a “non-issue” now for the...

Non-functional Davao City airport facilities temporarily replaced

Davao City Investment Promotions Center Head Lemuel Ortonio confirmed on Tuesday that the city government has purchased 37 standalone air conditioning units as temporary...

Armed men torch passenger bus in South Cotabato

Armed men claiming to be New Peoples’ Army (NPA) guerillas torched Tuesday night another unit of Yellow Bus Lines (YBL) in Sto. Nino, South...