AQUINO MULLS SALARY HIKES FOR GOVT EMPLOYEES
President Benigno Aquino III expressed confidence on Tuesday that the government could increase the salaries of its workers next year. During the Jesse Robredo Day Multi-Sectoral Forum in Naga City, […]
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BINAY WANTS BONGBONG MARCOS FOR VP
Vice Preside Jejomar Binay wants Senator Bongbong Marcos as running mate under the opposition Nationalist Alliance in the 2016 election.
SUSPECT IN DEADLY BANGKOK BLAST HUNTED
Thai authorities said Tuesday they were hunting a man shown on security footage strolling into a packed religious shrine wearing a bright yellow T-shirt and leaving a backpack before an […]
Midnight killer: The 1976 Moro Gulf tsunami
It was 10 minutes past midnight of August 17, 1976, a Tuesday. While most people were sleeping, a massive earthquake, registering magnitude 8.0 on the Richter scale, rocked most of […]
Finally, Poe dumps Roxas offer
Senator Grace Poe has turned down overtures of Interior Secretary Mar Roxas to be his running mate in the 2016 election. Choose others, Poe told Roxas, the standard bearer […]
Six bidders for P108 billion airports modernizatiion project
DAVAO CITY – The Department of Transportation and Communication (DoTC) on Monday, August 18, accepted the pre-qualification documents of six bidders for the P108.19-billion rehabilitation and maintenance of five regional […]
Davao businesswoman tells youth: Register and vote
With barely three months left to deadline, a young businesswoman has called on the youth to register or undergo biometrics with the Commission on Election (Comelec) for the purpose of […]
ISABELA SOLON TAGGED AS ‘CONGRESSMAN MARIJUANA’
A member of the Philippine Congress has earned the tag ‘Congressman Marijuana’ for his authorship of a law legalizing use of marijuana for medical purposes. Firing at Isabela Representative Rodolfo […]
Strong quake may strike Davao Region
THE Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has warned residents of Davao Region against a possible strong earthquake to hit the province that may originate from Davao Oriental and […]
UNMASKING BINAY
WHAT DOES THIS ARCHITECT SAY ON HOW VP BINAY OPERATES? Wow!! He has worked on Makati City development projects for many years and he surely knows this person, but… Even […]
Duterte asks Joma Sison: ‘Abandon Armed Struggle’
Presidential prospect and Davao City Mayor Rody Duterte Wednesday night asked Philippine communist leader Jose Maria Sison to abandon the “armed struggle” waged by the New People’s Army (NPA) for […]
KNOW YOUR CANDIDATE
MAR FOR PRESIDENT? 4 reasons why Roxas will not win the 2016 Philippine presidential elections Current Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Mar Roxas is the Liberal Party’s […]
TIGHT SECURITY FOR KADAYAWAN 2015
1,600 cops, soldiers to be deployed AT LEAST 1,600 law enforcers are to be deployed to ensure peace and order during the celebration of the 30th Kadayawan sa Dabaw Festival […]
MOU for P300M Davao City sports complex signed
UP Mindanao Architect Mary Catherine Diaz (left) describes the scale-model of the proposed sports complex to, from left: Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, UP president Alfredo Pascual, Davao City 3rd […]
Davao business chamber all set for Date 2015
DAVAO Trade Expo (Date) 2015, the flagship annual event of the Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc. (DCCCII), is 80 percent set, organizers said. “At present, we could […]
Issues confronting Mindanao business up in 24th Minbizcon
POLICIES aim to address various issues confronting the Mindanao business sector will be highlighted during the 24th Mindanao Business Conference (Minbizcon) slated in Dipolog City on September 2-4. Final list […]
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PNOY ENDORSEMENT OF ROXAS TO BOOST BINAY PRESIDENTIAL BID
Vice President Jejomar Binay said on Friday, July 31, that the declared presidential bid of Interior Secretary Manuel Roxas II would “boost” the opposition leader’s candidacy, as the public would […]
