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...
DAVAO CITY – The Philippine Eagle Foundation has urged the government to implement stringent measures for the protection of the critically endangered Philippine Eagle following the death of another injured raptor hours after the bird was rescued in Compostela town in Davao de Oro on July 8. ...
PBA Party-list Rep. Migs Nograles (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN)) House Deputy Majority Leader Puwersa ng Bayaning Atleta (PBA) Party-list Rep. Margarita "Migs" Nograles is pleading to barangay officials in Davao City to allow her group to carry...
DAVAO CITY – Newly installed Davao City Police Office (DCPO) chief Police Col. Lito E. Patay was relieved hours after he assumed the post on Wednesday, July 10. Police Regional Office-11 spokesperson Police Major Catherine dela Rey confirmed in a text message that Patay was relieved from his...
DAVAO CITY – The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)-Davao arrested a 21-year-old Chinese national on Tuesday afternoon, July 9, for applying for a Philippine passport at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA)-Davao here using falsified documents. THE National Bureau of Investigation-Davao...
DAVAO CITY – A councilor here has asked the National Bureau of Investigation and National Food Authority to investigate reports of a rice shortage in this city. Committee on Disaster Risk Reduction head Councilor Diosdado Angelo Junior Mahipus said public welfare is at stake if these reports are...
DAVAO CITY – The Philippine National Police carried out another significant reorganization, reassigning 20 police officers here to new positions in the Davao region effective on Monday, July 8. Police Regional Office-11 spokesperson Police Major Catherine dela Rey confirmed in a statement the...
DAVAO CITY – Davao City-based Interfacing Development Interventions for Sustainability (IDIS) has pushed for a local measure implementing a weekly car-free day on certain streets here. Lemuel Manalo, IDIS program coordinator, said that the measure would require the people here not to use their...
DAVAO CITY – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)-Davao City is strictly monitoring the prices of school supplies in major establishments as the opening of classes on July 29 approaches. Rachel S. Remitio, DTI-Davao City director, said that the weekly monitoring intends to ensure that...
DAVAO CITY – Rep. Paolo Z. Duterte dismissed as black propaganda a notice to the public posted outside his office here that said that they have temporarily stopped medical assistance for private hospitals in this city due to lack of funding from the Department of Social Welfare and Development...
DAVAO CITY – Around P2 billion will be invested for the expansion of the Abreeza Mall here. THE perspective of the new mall building of Abreeza Mall. (CAN Design LinkIn) Janice Parreño, general manager of Abreeza Mall, said Ayala Malls is set to begin the construction within the last...
DAVAO CITY – A power shortage may happen in Mindanao in five years if no new power plants are constructed to shore up the grid’s supply to meet the growing requirement for electricity, Rodger Velasco, president of Davao Light and Power Co. (DLPC), said. Velasco said that the power sector in...