Davao condominium collapses after strong earthquake; 9 hurt, 5 missing

Froilan Gallardo 10/31/2019

CAGAYAN DE ORO — Nine persons were hurt while five others are missing when two floors of a posh condominium in Davao City collapsed following the magnitude 6.5 earthquake that jolted parts of Mindanao Thursday morning, October…

Mindanao’s strong quake left one dead, several others injured

Froilan Gallardo 10/29/2019

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines — A 67-year-old retired government employee was pinned to death while several elementary students were injured following the strong magnitude 6.4 earthquake that jolted Cotabato province and other areas in Mindanao early…

Sara suspends classes in Davao City following 6.4 magnitude tremblor

Froilan Gallardo, Rosalie O. Abatayo 10/29/2019

  Classes in all public and private schools in Davao City — from kindergarten to post-graduate studies — were ordered suspended by Mayor Sara Duterte on Tuesday, October 29, 2019,  following the 6.4 magnitude quake that hit…

Who is slain Clarin Mayor Navarro and why was he in Cebu City

Froilan Gallardo 10/25/2019

CAGAYAN DE ORO— Before he was embroiled in the masseur scandal, Mayor David Navarro of Clarin town, Misamis Occidental, was supposed to preside in the Executive Legislative Agenda of his town in Cebu City. Lieutenant Colonel Mardy…

Pimentel’s remains brought home amid somber arrival honors for a two-day public viewing

Froilan Gallardo 10/23/2019

LAGUINDINGAN AIRPORT –  The late  former Senate President Aquilino Pimentel jr., fondly called “Tatay Nene” by his townmates, has finally arrived home in Cagayan de Oro where his struggle for freedom and democracy started more than forty years…

CDO residents mourn the demise of their ‘Tatay Nene’

Froilan Gallardo 10/20/2019

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines — The death of PDP-Laban founder and former Senator Aquilino Pimentel Jr., on Sunday morning, October 20, 2019,  saddened his townmates in this city even they remembered with gratitude his contribution to…

New AFP chief is Davao-raised, combat-tested army general who heads Centcom

Froilan Gallardo 09/20/2019

  CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines —An army general who has earned his spurs fighting the communists has been by President Rodrigo Duterte as the next Armed Forces Chief of Staff. Lieutenant General Noel Clement, commander of…

MILF fighters to turn over firearms in the presence of Duterte in Maguindanao

Froilan Gallardo 09/07/2019

COTABATO CITY, Philippines — More than six months after the Bangsamoro Organic Law was ratified in a plebiscite, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) will turn over more than 940 high-powered firearms to an independent decommissioning body…

Families of dead journalists cry for justice

Froilan Gallardo 11/21/2018

Ampatuan, Maguindanao – Nearly a decade has passed, but none of those involved in the Philippines’ worst single-day political violence that left 58 dead – 32 of them journalists – has yet been convicted. A group of…

Why the Abu Sayyaf targeted Bohol

Froilan Gallardo 04/29/2017

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — The appearance of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) in Bohol was not the first time the terrorists wanted to go to and sow terror in that part of the country. In 2001, Abu…

FROM RESCUE TO BOMBING PLOTS

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Benjie Talisic, Froilan Gallardo, Leo Udtohan 04/25/2017

ABU SAYYAF IN BOHOL Supt. Maria Cristina Nobleza and Renierlo Dongon did not just intend to rescue the remaining Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) members trapped in Clarin town. They also might have planned to do bombing activities…

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