DAVAO CITY – Rescuers evacuated 57 families or 282 individuals due to flooding caused by heavy rain due to a low-pressure area (LPA) on Tuesday evening, July 16. RESCUERS approach a pickup truck on a flooded street in Davao City on July 16. (Hardcore Rescue Team FB) Ezzra James Fernandez,...
By IVY TEJANO DAVAO CITY – The city council passed a resolution on Tuesday, July 16, asking the Police Regional Office-11, Davao City Police Office, and the Department of the Interior and Local Government to explain the inconsistent appointment of the police chief here. ACOSTA (FB) Authored by...
DAVAO CITY – Former President Rodrigo Duterte strongly denounced the attempted assassination of former United States President Donald Trump during a campaign event in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, July 13. In a statement, Duterte said that the shooting of Trump as he was speaking in a rally...
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 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:...
