UNIVERSITY OF Mindanao (UM) researchers have recently identified a beetle endemic to the Davao Region and named it after an ethnolinguistic group in Compostela Valley.

THE DAVAO City council is eyeing to pass a resolution that will require all establishments in the Chinatown area to have a Chinese-themed design and eventually turn the district into a full-fledged tourism zone.

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PRESIDENT RODRIGO R. Duterte on Tuesday visited the site where nine farmers were killed while occupying part of a sugar plantation, according to activists there.

THE FACEBOOK Newsroom said it has taken down “95 pages and 39 accounts” on the social media site, including accounts identified with Rodrigo R. Duterte’s supporters, for violating the site’s spam and authenticity policies.

SENATOR EMMANUEL D. Pacquiao is the new campaign manager of the ruling Partido Demokratiko Pilipino Lakas ng Bayan (PDP Laban), Senator Aquilino L. Pimentel III said on Tuesday.

SENATORS on Tuesday opposed the proposal of House Speaker Gloria M. Arroyo for the Philippines to withdraw membership from the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) after the international body intended to investigate the respective situations of detained Senator Leila M. De Lima and Senator Antonio F. Trillanes IV.

A BILL abolishing the Governance Commission for Government-Owned and -Controlled Corporations (GOCCs) is being considered by the House Committee on Government Enterprise and Privatization.

THE Department of Justice (DoJ) is set to file, "not later than Friday" this week, a motion for partial reconsideration before the Makati Regional Trial Court (RTC)-Branch 148, which earlier denied its motion to issue an arrest warrant and travel ban against opposition Senator Antonio F. Trillanes IV.

BUREAU OF Customs (BoC) Commissioner Isidro S. Lapeña yesterday said recent issues raised against him and the agency, particularly the alleged inaction over a big shipment of illegal drugs, are “coordinated” tactics to undermine changes he has initiated.

THERE WILL be no trading at the Philippine Stock Exchange for three days in November in observance of national holidays. Nov. 1, Thursday, is a regular holiday for All Saints’ Day, while Nov. 2, All Souls’ Day, has been declared a special non-working day. Nov. 30, meanwhile, is the celebration for hero Andres Bonifacio.

THE DEPARTMENT of Public Works and Highways-Cordillera Administrative Region (DPWH-CAR) office has appealed to motorists visiting Baguio City, especially during the long weekend starting Nov. 1 for the All Saints’ and Souls’ Days, to refrain from taking Kennon Road, which remains closed due to landslide damages and threats.