Sara flies to Cebu, raises speculation of meeting with Bongbong

Carmelito Francisco 10/23/2021

DAVAO CITY—Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte flew to Cebu on Friday afternoon, her first trip after beating COVID-19. Her official Facebook page carried a photo of her alighting from a plane in Mactan International Airport and another…

Holy month of Ramadan starts on April 13, Islamic authorities declare

Sheila Mae De La Cruz, Taher Solaiman 04/12/2021

COTABATO CITY, Maguindanao, Philippines — Tuesday, April 13, is the official start of the holy month of Ramadan as declared by the Bangsamoro Darul Ifta, the Islamic religious authority in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao…

Auring’s wrath: Tandag mayor seeks calamity declaration after worst flooding in city’s history

Germelina Lacorte 02/23/2021

DAVAO CITY—Mayor Roxanne Cabrera-Pimentel, of Tandag City, Surigao del Sur, said she would ask the city council to declare a state of calamity in the city following severe flooding that displaced thousands of people and wrought damage…

Power cut off in Surigao del Sur amid Auring’s fury

Erwin Mascariñas 02/21/2021

TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur — Power was cut off in 12 of 19 localities of Surigao del Sur province on Sunday amid the fury of Tropical Storm Auring. In an advisory released at around 8 a.m.,…

Over 20,000 people nabbed for breaking quarantine rules in Davao City

Joselle Badilla 01/17/2021

DAVAO CITY, Davao del Sur, Philippines — Police in this city arrested a total of 20,450 individuals who violated quarantine rules since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the Davao City Police Office (DCPO), the…

School officials grapple with shock, grief over death of boy linked to learning module difficulties

Edwin Fernandez 10/09/2020

KORONADAL CITY—Education officials here expressed shock and grief over the death of a Grade 11 student in Tupi town, South Cotabato, who committed suicide after days of wrestling with his learning modules which he had difficulty answering.…

Man carrying bomb killed in gunfight with soldiers in Maguindanao town

Edwin O. Fernandez 08/27/2020

COTABATO CITY—Soldiers killed a bomber and seized the explosive he was carrying in Maguindanao province early on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020. Capt. Razul Pandulo, police chief of Datu Montawal town in Maguindanao, said soldiers from the Army’s…

South Cotabato town mayor shot dead

Edwin Fernandez 07/10/2020

COTABATO CITY – Mayor Pablo Matinong Jr. of Sto. Niño, South Cotabato was shot dead by motorcycle-riding assassins at around 7:30 a.m. Friday, July 10, 2020. Matinong sustained two gunshot wounds to the head. Police said the…

Woman drowns as she tries to celebrate St. John the Baptist feast by baptism reenactment

Richel V. Umel 06/26/2020

ILIGAN CITY—A woman who took a dip in the sea to celebrate the feast of St. John the Baptist here on Wednesday (June 24) drowned, according to police. Capt. Felix Rabago Jr., chief of police station 2,…

Eid’l Fitr is on May 24, says Bangsamoro grand mufti

Shiela Mae Dela Cruz 05/23/2020

COTABATO CITY—After no sighting of the new moon on Friday evening, Bangsamoro grand mufti Abu Huraira Udasan officially announced that Eid’l Fitr,  the festival of the breaking of the fast, is on Sunday, May 24. “By virtue…

Officials try to shield quake evacuees from COVID-19

Edwin Fernandez, Eldie Aguirre, Orlando Dinoy 03/25/2020

They were uprooted from their communities by powerful earthquakes last year, living with other families of a similar fate in cramped makeshift shelters. As authorities put up a fight against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), they were asked…

‘Virtual session’ in Congress proposed in time of coronavirus

Jigger Jerusalem 03/15/2020

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — Rep. Rufus Rodriguez has proposed a “virtual session” for lawmakers during the Lenten break to deliberate on proposed bills and protect them against the COVID-19 infection. “I am suggesting that the House and the…

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