DAVAO CITY – Former President Rodrigo R. Duterte mourned the death of former Davao Archbishop Fernando Capalla on January 6. Duterte said he lost a good friend and counselor in Capalla. FORMER President Rodrigo R. Duterte (left) visits the wake of Archdiocese of Davao Archbishop Emeritus Fernando...
DAVAO CITY – The Archdiocese of Davao announced that Archbishop Emeritus Fernando R. Capalla passed away before dawn on Saturday, January 5. He was 89. CAPALLA Capalla, a former president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines from 2003 to 2005, was one of the most influential...
Archbishop Emeritus of Davao Fernando "Nanding" Capalla, a former President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), passed away early morning on Saturday, Jan. 6, at the age of 89. Courtesy of St. Francis Xavier Regional Major Seminary of Mindanao His passing was announced in...
Personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard were deployed near a seaport in Davao City to contain an oil spill that was reported on Tuesday night, Jan. 2. Philippine Coast Guard personnel use absorbent boom and pads to contain an oil spill some 11 kilometers from a seaport in Davao City. (photo:...
DAVAO CITY – Five-hundred fire victims here had a pleasant New Year’s Eve as Rep. Paolo Duterte, through the Pulong Pulong ni Pulong (PPP) program, provided them with more than 20 roasted pigs or “lechon baboy” and other special meals on New Year’s Eve. STAFF of Rep. Paolo Duterte prepare...
DAVAO CITY – More than 200 rescued dogs and 50 cats at Bantay Hayop Davao, a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)-registered animal welfare organization, received Christmas gifts on December 28 from the Ikigai Animation Studio, a Japanese-Filipino-owned creative agency offering...
Two shoppers were killed while three others were hurt when a military truck that was apparently taken over by a civilian plowed through a public market in Davao City on Sunday morning, Christmas Eve, Dec. 24. The military's Task Force Davao took responsibility after one of its trucks, a KM450...
DAVAO CITY – The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) and the Office of the Presidential Assistant for Mindanao-Eastern (OPAMINE) aim to build about 180,000 housing units in Davao City following the launching of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s national housing...
DAVAO CITY – A representative from the Department of Internal Medicine of the Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) here said there is no surge in atypical or walking pneumonia within the hospital. Walking pneumonia is a lung ailment caused by mycoplasma pneumonia. It gained attention...
DAVAO CITY – A sexagenarian topped the adult category in the Sing Along ni Pulong Season 5 Grand Finals at the Rizal Park on San Pedro St. here on Wednesday, December 20. LORNA Querol (sixth from left), 68, poses with judges and Rep. Paolo Duterte's sons Barangay Buhangin Proper Captain Omar...
DAVAO CITY – Rep. Paolo Z. Duterte was conferred the Leadership Achiever as Public Servant citation in the Elite Business and Leadership Awards ceremony at the Philippine Plaza Manila in Pasay City on December 18. The Elite Business and Leadership Awards honors and acknowledges the distinctive,...
PBA Party-list Rep. Migs Nograles (Facebook) Puwersa ng Bayaning Atleta (PBA) Party-list Rep. Margarita "Migs" Nograles, the solon who is seeking the suspension of television network SMNI's operations, has shot down rumors that she is eyeing the mayor's...
