#MINDANAO John Tria The recent meeting between the Mindanao Development Authority and the Department of Transportation is welcome news for many like me who travel and trade around the island. There was a time when airports in Mindanao were limited by the sunset regulation which barred night...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- A total of 2,561 cases of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have been recorded in the Northern Mindanao region from the first detection in 1991, a Department of Health Region 10 (DOH-10) official confirmed on Thursday, Dec. 1. Dr. Wellaflor Brito, head of DOH-10 Infectious...
Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT), International Container Terminal Services Inc.’s (ICTSI) business unit in Misamis Oriental, has acquired a mobile harbor crane (MHC) to enhance capacity and boost productivity. The MHC will augment the terminal’s existing quay cranes to enhance overall vessel...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Ninety-nine out of 100 public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers and conductors tested negative in a surprise drug test conducted by the Land Transportation Office in Northern Mindanao (LTO-10) recently. LTO-10 Director Nelson Manaloto (right) supervises a surprise drug test for...
#MINDANAO John Tria The last two months have seen the first face-to-face business conferences in two years. In the face-to- face Davao Agri Trade Expo, the Mindanao Food Congress in Cagayan de Oro, our exchanges were three dimensional, cultivating realizations from a more thorough experience which...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The 25th year of the Mindanao Week of Peace kicked off at the Paseo del Mar here on Thursday, Nov. 24, attended by hundreds of stakeholders from the religious, civic, education, and government sectors. STAKEHOLDERS from the academe, civic, religious, security, and other sectors...
Six New People’s Army rebels were killed in a series of encounters in Barangay Chua, Bagumbayan, Sultan Kudarat on Thursday, Nov. 24, the military said. TROOPS recovered guns and other items left behind following an encounter with the New People's Army in Sultan Kudarat on Thursday, Nov. 24....
Residents of Palawan and Mindanao were told to be vigilant against flash floods and landslides that moderate to heavy rainfall may bring. Intertropical convergence zone, an area where winds from the northern and southern hemispheres converge, is bringing cloudy skies with rain showers and...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), in coordination with Senator Robinhood "Robin" C. Padilla, extended assistance over the weekend to residents in Mindanao who were affected by floods brought by severe storm "Paeng." DSWD staff and representatives from Padilla's Senate office...
#MINDANAO John Tria The good news of a robust 7.6 percent growth in the third quarter was dampened a bit by a headline story about higher inflation at 7.7 percent for October, pushing year-to-date inflation at 5.4 percent. As expected, higher food and fuel prices, which are key components of Pinoy...
TIMO Heat Round Students of Philippine Science High School-Southern Mindanao Campus (PSHS-SMC) in Tugbok, Davao pocketed 41 awards during the recently concluded Thailand International Math Olympiad (TIMO) 2022 Heat Round. In a statement, PSHS-SMC said its students garnered five gold, seven silver,...
A total of 15,249 doses of Covid-19 vaccines have been administered by the Philippine Red Cross in Marawi City since 2021. Courtesy of Philippine Red Cross The vaccination effort was spearheaded by PRC Mobile Bakuna Team who has fully vaccinated 7,657 individuals from the city. PRC Chairman and...
