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GENERAL SANTOS CITY (PNA) – Unidentified gunmen shot dead the head of a security agency owned by media network Brigada Group of Companies here Wednesday night, the second victim from the company in six days.

DAVAO CITY – The Cotabato Regional and Medical Center (CRMC) in Cotabato City has expressed alarm over dwindling resources due to the increasing number of COVID-19 cases.

DAVAO CITY – A total of 105,300 doses of anti-coronavirus disease (COVID) vaccines developed by Pfizer-BioNTech arrived at Davao International Airport Thursday, June 10.

DAVAO CITY – Davao del Norte was placed under General Community Quarantine (GCQ) from June 10 to June 30, 2021 following a surge in COVID-19 cases.

DAVAO CITY — Davao del Sur Gov. Douglas “Dodo” Cagas passed away Thursday morning (June 10) due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) complications.The family of the governor confirmed his death in a statement shared by the Provincial Government of Davao del Sur.”It is with our deepest sorrow that we announce the passing of Governor Douglas “Dodo” Cagas this morning owing to COVID complications.He has joined his creator in heaven,” his family said.The governor is survived by his wife, Representative Mercedes Chan Cagas and their son, former congressman and now Davao del Sur Vice Governor Marc Douglas Cagas IV.”He was the father of the Province of Davao del Sur, a dedicated public servant and his life is a wonderful inspiration to all,” the Cagas family said.”Governor Dodo has left many footprints in Davao del Sur that will be remembered for generations, and even more indelible footprints in our hearts,” they added.Gov.Cagas served as an assemblyman from 1985 to 1986 and as Congressman from 1998 to 2007. He then served as Davao del Sur governor from 2007 to 2013, 2016 to 2019, and 2019 up to present.

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – “Stubborn” COVID-19-positive patients and their close contacts may face charges for not cooperating with the local government unit (LGU) in its pandemic response, the City Health Office (CHO) warned on Wednesday.

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar on Wednesday called on the residents not to be complacent amid the decreasing number of active cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

A Tawi Tawi drug kingpin was nabbed in a trap purposely laid down by police personnel for his cohorts during an operation in Sibutu last Monday, June 7.

Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Police Gen. Guillermo Eleazar has ordered the arrest and filing of charges against Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region (PRO-BAR) police applicants who falsified their RT-PCR test results in their application for entry into the police force.

GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Joint operatives arrested an employee of the provincial government of Sarangani who reportedly doubled as a drug pusher in an operation Tuesday afternoon, June 8 in a village in Alabel town.

DAVAO CITY – Davao region received 44,800 additional doses of Sinovac CoronaVac vaccines on Tuesday, June 8.

GENERAL SANTOS CITY – A suspected gunman in the killing of Brigada media network executive surrendered on Monday to police authorities.

ZAMBOANGA CITY – The recovery rate from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) here has climbed to 85.27 percent as of Monday, with 283 new survivors raising the total to 9,058.

Yes, June 5 is world environment day. Celebrated globally, it passed through the archipelago and our calendars without much notice save for some posts in some social media pages.

Authorities are investigating a policeman as one of three suspects in a drug bust operation which led to the confiscation of P6.8-million worth of shabu in Barangay Cawit, Zamboanga City last Monday.

DAVAO CITY – Former Defense Secretary Gilberto “Gibo” Teodoro was eligible to receive his COVID-19 vaccine in Davao, the regional director of the Department of Health here said Monday (June 7).

DAVAO CITY – City Mayor Sara Duterte created a new committee to reduce red tape in both business and non-business-related transactions in the city.

DAVAO CITY – Local authorities here seized Monday evening a total of 850 grams of shabu with an estimated value of P13.6 million during a buy bust operation in Purok Gemini, Maharlika Highway in Lasang, Davao City.