DAVAO CITY – Rep. Paolo Duterte here has sought a congressional inquiry into the reported extrajudicial killings in the country over the past 25 years. The lawmaker filed House Resolution 1745 on Wednesday, May 22, after the House Committee on Human Rights began investigating deaths related to...
DAVAO CITY – Presidential Assistant for Eastern Mindanao Leo Tereso Abellera Magno has been appointed as the new chairman of the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA). Magno replaced Chairman Maria Belen Sunga Acosta. MAGNO'S appointment letter. (Via Ivy Tejano) However, Sunga refused to leave...
DAVAO CITY – The construction of the Samal Island-Davao City Connector (SIDC), also known as the Davao-Samal Bridge, will finally push through now that it has progressively started as seen in the photos on social media. ONGOING construction works on the highly anticipated bridge that will connect...
DAVAO CITY – Every day, 38-year-old Angelito Ducosaring wakes up at 4 a.m. to prepare food for his two children before going to school. DUCOSARING at work. (Keith Bacongco) Two hours later, he boards a jeep from Matina District here for a nine-kilometer ride to his mobile phone...
DAVAO CITY – Davao comics artist Ren Galeno was among the finalists of this year's prestigious Pulitzer Prize under Illustrated Reporting and Commentary category for her works published in the Washington Post last year. ARTIST Ren Galeno at work in her home in Davao City on Tuesday, May 7....
Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Jil Bongalon (left), Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Justice's (DOJ) request for a change of venue in Pastor Apollo Quiboloy's cases from...
CELLPHONE technician Angelito Ducosaring repairs a mobile phone in his makeshift shop on Magsaysay Ave. in Davao City on Monday, May 6, 2024. The 38-year-old technician has been repairing electronic gadgets for the past 13 years despite his disability. (Keith Bacongco)
DAVAO CITY – The Philippine National Police has appointed a new Police Regional Office-11 chief following the retirement of Police Brig. Gen. Alden Delvo recently. Police Brig. Gen. Aligre Lamsen Martinez, during his inauguration on April 26, vowed to uphold the strategic directives set by...
DAVAO CITY – Nineteen law graduates of the Rizal Memorial College (RMC) Inc. here who hurdled the 2023 Bar examinations received on Tuesday, April 23, a total of P700,000 in incentives from the school. They are: 1. Lisley Gem Amores 2. Lemuel Atup 3. John Benjamin Belen 4. Dante Calamba 5. Alyssa...
DAVAO CITY – A Philippine Navy ship arrived here on Tuesday afternoon, April 23, to bolster security in Eastern Mindanao. PRESIDENTIAL Assistant for Eastern Mindanao Leo Tereso Magno, Naval Forces Eastern Mindanao commander Commodore Alfonspin Tumanda Jr., and Eastern Mindanao Command acting...
DAVAO CITY – As the population grows each year, so is the solid waste problem here. ENVIROTECH Recycling Co. CEO Engr. Winchester Lemen inspects chairs manufactured from shredded plastic wastes inside the company plant in Davao City. (Keith Bacongco) With a population of at least 1.9...
DAVAO CITY – The Quezon City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 85 under the National Capital Judicial Regional (NCJR) has issued an arrest warrant against the alleged mastermind and accomplice in the killing of former Philsaga Mining Corp. president retired Col. Samuel Afdal three years ago in...
