BUTUAN CITY – A magnitude-4.2 earthquake rocked Davao Occidental on Monday, March 27, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. Phivolcs said the earthquake was recorded at 8:44 a.m. and its epicenter was located 57 kilometers (kms) southeast of Sarangani...
Buoyed by rising post-Covid power demand in Mindanao grid, the net income of Alcantara-led Alsons Consolidated Resources Inc. (ACR) had escalated 42-percent to P1.88 billion last year from P1.32 billion in 2021. The jump in the company’s profitability had also resulted in 52-percent increase on...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. expressed hope that Brunei and Malaysia will continue supporting Mindanao's development initiatives as he thanked the country’s two Southeast Asian neighbors for bringing stability to the island. Marcos said this as he welcomed the two countries'...
KIDAPAWAN CITY, North Cotabato – Governor Emmylou ‘Lala’ Taliño–Mendoza said the provincial government is speeding up the expansion of the Central Mindanao Airport (CMA) which is now in the land acquisition phase. Mendoza said the CMA in M’lang town will soon operate and serve flights...
BUTUAN CITY – A magnitude-4.7 earthquake rocked Central Mindanao or the South Cotabato, Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani, and General Santos area (Soccksargen) on Tuesday morning, March 21. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) recorded the earthquake at 5:13...
#MINDANAO GENERAL SANTOS CITY –Arriving at this bustling city of almost 700,000 people for the first time since 2019, I sensed that things are not only really getting back to normal, but actually looking up. Driving down the highway from Davao to General Santos (Gensan) brings one first to Digos...
The United States has launched technology-based education program in the Bangsamoro to help improve the quality of education of learners in the region. The program cost is estimated at P15 million. US Agency for International Development (USAID) Deputy Mission Director Rebekah Eubanks joined on...
As the country and the Commission on Elections (Comelec) prepare for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) polls this year, Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte on Thursday, March 9, issued a reminder about electoral cheating and the importance of electoral reforms to ensure the...
“A real patriot.” This was how Vice President Sara Duterte remembered former president Fidel V. Ramos who passed away at age 94 as confirmed by Malacañang on Sunday, July 31. Former president Fidel V. Ramos (Reuters) “I convey my deepest condolences to the bereaved family of former President...
The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) has committed to link local government units in Tawi-Tawi and Western Mindanao to the national government and private sector to improve digital infrastructures in the region. (Photo courtesy of ARTA) In a meeting with local leaders in Tawi-Tawi and Western...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) assured its support for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao’s (BARMM) digitalization initiative in its system of governance. Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman made the statement at the recent conduct of consultation on BARMM...
#MINDANAO John Tria ILIGAN CITY — Walking along the halls of a major shopping mall in this northern Mindanao city, I see a large art exhibit. What impressed me was that near the exhibit were restaurants that serve wonderful native food and a music store that offers a rather substantial...
