Island Buenavista Davao off Samal preferred by Chinese, Japanese tourists
By Maya M. Padillo, Correspondent
DAVAO CITY — An official of Eden Nature Park told media that Chinese tourists prefer to stay at the Island...
PHL plan to end violence against children launched
By Gillian M. Cortez
UNICEF, along with the Council for the Welfare of Children (CWC) and other local organizations and government agencies, has officially launched...
34 Chinese suspected of working without visa arrested
THE BUREAU of Immigration (BI) has detained 34 Chinese men caught in the act of working at a construction site and are suspected to have no appropriate visas.
Hontiveros bares 'tara system' in NFA
By Camille A. Aguinaldo, Reporter
Senator Risa N. Hontiveros-Baraquel on Monday revealed the tara system within the National Food Authority (NFA) involving the grains agency's administrator...
Election preparations underway ahead of deadline of candidacies
PREPARATIONS for next year’s midterm elections are underway a week before the deadline period for the filing of candidacies.
Consumer group questions Zamcelco’s investment management deal
A CONSUMER group has filed a case before the National Electrification Administration (NEA) against board members of the Zamboanga City Electric Cooperative (Zamcelco) for what it called an anomalous bidding of the power distributor’s investment management contract (IMC).
Lorenzana: Ending NPA insurgency not doable this year, but within Duterte term
DEFENSE SECRETARY Delfin N. Lorenzana has admitted that the target of ending the 50-year old communist insurgency this year is not possible, but said the government is aiming to achieve this before President Rodrigo R. Duterte steps down in mid-2022.
Palace slams PHL assessment by ACLED, Human Rights Watch
THE Philippines does not need the lectures of “inexpert foreign groups on how the run a nation,” Malacañang said on Friday, following a report by a US-based non-governmental organization which labeled the country as a “war zone in disguise.”
BARMM issues fatwah to clarify that immunization is halal
AN ISLAMIC ruling, or a fatwah, on immunization was signed by 13 Muslim religious leaders of the Regional Darul Ifta (RDI) of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) on March 12 to clarify that it is consistent with the faith.
MinDA’s Abul Khayr Alonto, 73
DAVAO CITY — Secretary Abul Khayr D. Alonto, the first Muslim to head the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA), died on the evening of May 9.
Iloilo City council to conduct separate probe on sea tragedy
THE ILOILO City council will conduct its own inquiry “in aid of legislation” on the Aug. 3 sea tragedy where three pumpboats capsized and 31 people died.
Muslim schools in need of government support
ABOUT 90% of managers of Muslim schools, or madaris, in southern Philippines want government recognition and access to public funds, according to a study by the Institute for Autonomy and Governance (IAG).