DAVAO CITY – Police reported the arrest of two drug pushers and the seizure of 1.140-kilograms of shabu with an estimated value of P18.2 million around 4 p.m. on Sunday, June 25, in a joint checkpoint of the police and Task Force Davao in Barangay Sirawan, Toril District, here. In a text...
Another crew member of fishing boat “Genesis 2” was found dead in the vicinity waters where the vessel sank in Baganga, Davao Oriental, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) revealed Saturday, June 24. *(Photo by PCG) * The unidentified victim was found by search and rescue (SAR) teams of PCG...
Two crew members died while seven others went missing when a fishing boat sank off the waters of Baganga, Davao Oriental on Thursday, June 22. *(Photo by PCG) * The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said fishing boat “Genesis 2” encountered a “sudden change in the sea condition” while sailing...
DAVAO CITY – Classes were disrupted at the Santa Ana Elementary School in Poblacion District here after receiving a bomb threat on Thursday morning, June 22, authorities said. Police Capt. Hazel Tuazon, spokesperson for the Davao City Police Office, said in a text message that the Santa Ana...
DAVAO CITY – An environmental group lambasted the Department of Public Works and Highways-Davao region, calling its drainage improvement project on Dacudao Ave. in this city a “waste of time, funds, and resources.” THE Department of Public Works and Highways' drainage improvement project is...
DAVAO CITY – Police arrested a 70-year-old woman after she allegedly killed her house help and later left her body on the street at Deca Homes Subdivision in Barangay Cabantian here on Sunday, June 18. The Davao City Police Office identified the victim as Shiela Han-ay Lagsaway, 29, from Don...
BUTUAN CITY – A magnitude-4.5 earthquake jolted Davao Occidental province on Saturday morning, June 17. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the earthquake was registered at 4:52 a.m. and its epicentre was traced 357 kilometers (kms) southeast of Balut...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported a 4.5 magnitude earthquake in Davao Occidental on Saturday, June 17. (Photo credit to Phivolcs) The earthquake occurred at 4:52 a.m., 357 kilometers southeast of Balut Island, Municipality of Sarangani, Davao Occidental....
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) announced on Friday, June 16, that it has finished a total of 1.3 kilometers of tunnel civil works for the mountain tunnel component of the Davao City Bypass Construction Project. *(Courtesy of DPWH) * This means that the DPWH successfully...
Fritz Mari Sangalang Sendrijas, an Ateneo De Davao University graduate, stood out as the top notcher for the Licensure Examination for Architects (LEA). Screenshot from the list of results as posted by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) on June 10, 2023. (Photo credit to PRC) As the...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go has lauded the local government of Davao del Norte for successfully purging insurgents from its locality. Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go (Photo courtesy of O/S Sen. Bong Go) Go, vice chairman of the Senate Committee on National Defense, earlier participated in...
BUTUAN CITY – A magnitude-4.3 earthquake jolted Davao Occidental province before dawn on Thursday, June 15. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the earthquake was recorded at 2:08 a.m. and its epicenter was located 201 kilometers southeast of Balut...
