Police killed three gunmen during an encounter in Tagum City, Davao del Norte on Friday, Jan. 31. Two of the suspects were identified as Norman Saquin and Rozendel Arsellias Cañete. Police have yet to disclose the identity of the third suspect. Lawmen were out to serve warrants of arrest against...
DAVAO CITY – More than 700 residents benefitted from a medical mission led by Derm Edge, organized by the Manic Nightnings Events Production, in collaboration with the office of Davao City Rep. Paolo Duterte in Barangay 76-A Bucana on Thursday, Jan. 30. FREE ice cream was distributed to residents...
DAVAO CITY – Former President Rodrigo Duterte called on his successor, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., to uphold fairness in the May elections. DUTERTE (FB) “In this upcoming election, I hope that the President (Marcos), if he hears me, will give us a fair shake, ensuring a level playing...
Pangil, the Philippines’ largest saltwater crocodile since Lolong who passed away 12 years ago in 2013, died of cancer on Saturday, Jan. 25, the Davao Crocodile Park and Zoo in Davao City announced. PANGIL (FB) It said in a Facebook post on Thursday that Pangil peacefully passed away due to...
DAVAO CITY – The Gov. Generoso Business Club Inc. has chided the municipal council of Gov. Generoso town, Davao Oriental province for passing an ordinance that will allow responsible mining operations in the area. FISHING boats dock on the coast of Barangay Montserrat, a known fishing...
By pleading guilty to a lesser offense, the treasurer of Caraga town in Davao Oriental evaded a possible longer jail term in his graft case. After his Sandiganbayan arraignment and before the prosecution could start presenting its evidence, treasurer Jaime D. Labasano filed a plea barganing...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Wednesday, Jan. 22, that it has no record of a passport and biometric records for self-confessed hitman Edgar Matobato even as a New York Times article revealed he left the country. Former Davao Death Squad (DDS) member Edgar Matobato testifies...
DAVAO CITY – Davao City first district Rep. Paolo Z. Duterte celebrated the Feast of the Santo Niño or Child Jesus with the people of Purok 6 Pag-asa, Bankerohan, Barangay 5-A, this city, on Monday morning, Jan. 20. REP. Duterte Rep. Duterte was accompanied by son, Rodrigo “Rigo”...
DAVAO CITY – Months after this city was filled with tension over the search for Pastor Apollo Quiboloy, Davao City was ranked the third safest in Southeast Asia in the 2024 Numbeo Safety Index with a safety index of 72.5. A ELECTION checkpoint in Davao City implemented by the local police. (DCPO...
DAVAO CITY – Davao City third district Rep. Isidro Ungab maintained on Monday, Jan. 20, that the observed discrepancies in the bicameral conference committee report on the 2025 national budget are not fake news and emphasized the blank items in the annual expenditure. A copy of the report was...
Police arrested a 41-year-old man for allegedly beheading his 60-year-old father and dismembering his body inside their house in Barangay Madaum, Tagum City, Davao del Norte on Sunday morning, Jan. 19. THE bloodied suspect is loaded into a police patrol car after his arrest. (Dan Casinto FB)...
DAVAO CITY – Netizens here disputed the findings of the TomTom Traffic Index that traffic in this city is heavier than in Manila. TRAFFIC in Davao City during Christmas in 2022. (Keith Bacongco) They admitted traffic congestion here but asserted that it is significantly lighter than the...
