From left to right: Lanao del Sur Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong, Zambales Rep. Jay Khonghun, Ako Bicol Rep. Jil Bongalon (Facebook) Members of the "Young Guns" bloc want the House of Representatives to investigate and get to the bottom of the alleged "fake...
By IVY TEJANO DAVAO CITY – More than 200 families displaced by a fire here on Saturday, July 13, received immediate assistance from Davao City Rep. first district Rep. Paolo Duterte. The lawmaker’s son, Rigo, led the distribution of food packs, bottled waters, and hot porridge to 545...
By ANTONIO L. COLINA IV DAVAO CITY – Two persons were killed and one was injured in a fire in Purok 2, Barangay 2-A, this city, on Saturday night, July 13. A FIRE hit Purok 2 in Barangay 2-A, Davao City on Saturday night, July 13. One-hundred fifty houses were destroyed and 203 families...
By IVY TEJANO DAVAO CITY – Former President Rodrigo Duterte is puzzled over three Davao City Police Office chiefs who were appointed and removed within a day on Wednesday, July 10. DUTERTE (PDP-Laban FB) “Nalilito ako (I am confused),” Duterte said in his short video message posted on TikTok...
By IVY TEJANO DAVAO CITY – The legal counsel of Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) founder Pastor Apollo Quiboloy on Friday questioned the late declaration of the arrest of Paulene Canada, one of the pastor’s co-accused in the case. CANADA (Mark Balmores) Interior and Local Government...
By ANTONIO L. COLINA IV DAVAO CITY – Mayor Jose Nelson Z. Sala Sr. of Santa Cruz municipality in Davao del Sur province vowed to cooperate with the investigation on the controversy regarding the spurious birth certificates issued by its Local Civil Registry Office (LCRO). In a statement,...
By IVY TEJANO DAVAO CITY – A Regional Trial Court here has rejected the motion for reconsideration filed by former Mindanao Development Authority chairwoman Maria Belen “Mabel” Acosta contesting the dismissal of her quo warranto petition against MinDA Chairman Leo Tereso Magno. In an 18-page...
By IVY TEJANO DAVAO CITY – A city councilor criticized the reorganization of the Davao City Police Office (DCPO) that she said was carried out by authorities without consulting Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte. BRAGA (FB) Committee on Education, Culture and Arts, and Science and Technology...
By IVY TEJANO DAVAO CITY – The Department of Agriculture-11 denied reports that there is a rice shortage in this city. The DA-11 said that there is no rice shortage here based on their monitoring and data gathered from their partner-agencies. DA-11 Regional Executive Director Macario Gonzaga...
By ANTONIO L. COLINA IV DAVAO CITY – A Philippine Eagle with a bullet wound on its left wing died hours after it was found by soldiers in Barangay Mangayon, Compostela, Davao de Oro on Monday, July 8. PHILIPPINE Eagle ‘Mangayon’ under treatment at the Philippine Eagle Foundation in...
DAVAO CITY – The Philippine National Police conducted another reorganization at the Davao City Police Office on Wednesday, July 10, a few hours after Police Col. Lito E. Patay was replaced by Police Col. Sherwin Butil as chief of the DCPO. MARANTAN (Aya Macasaquit FB) READ:...
DAVAO CITY – The decision of the Philippine National Police (PNP) to relieve the chief of police and 19 other police officers here did not sit well with Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte. MAYOR Duterte Duterte said in a statement that the extensive reassignment of the head of the DCPO, the...
