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Love in Happy Land

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:19:35 +0800

ON MONDAY to Friday mornings, GMA's "Unang Hirit" viewers can't get enough of the reigning Reyna ng Kalsada -- the indefatigable Love Añover as she dishes out the latest traffic situation, updates co

Pandemic scare on GMA Sunday

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:20:51 +0800

IT STARTED out, seemingly, like any other case of influenza in Mexico.

Now, influenza A (H1N1) has escalated into a global pandemic, as declared by the World Health Organization.

Japanese film festival opens on July 18

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:23:38 +0800

IN CELEBRATION of the Philippines-Japan Friendship Month 2009, the Consular Office of Japan in Davao and The Japan Foundation, Manila is all set to give the people of Davao a glimpse of Japanese life

Davao teams score in RDR Cup

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:26:16 +0800

TWO Davao City teams, Edge Davao and Mulatto Pilipinas, finished first and third, respectively, in the just-concluded 2nd RDR Cup Adventure Race '09.

Cutay wins

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:27:13 +0800

TWICE-TO-BEAT Nilo Cutay recovered from his first game loss by beating Ronald Martin, 199-176, in the do-or-die match of the Datba Bowler of the Month step-the-ladder finals at the NCCC Mall B3 Center

Davao City boxers beat foes in Mati

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:28:08 +0800

DAVAO City fighters Jog Alim, Rocky Sardido and Jay-Ar Mendoza won their bouts in the just-concluded Bakbakan Showdown II at the Mati Cultural Center.

Bangoyan eyes WBC belt anew

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:29:18 +0800

JOSE Abad Santos Mayor Alexander Wangkay on Friday confirmed reports that Balweg Bangoyan had indeed been stripped of his World Boxing Council (WBC) international super bantamweight crown.

Norkis seals ties with IBM

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:32:18 +0800

NORKIS Group, a leading conglomerate in the Philippines best known for motorcycles, multipurpose cabs, light van and small car production and distribution, recently partnered with IBM to work on and i

DDH marks 40th year with new logo, tagline

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:34:32 +0800

TO BE considered as one of the largest private medical facilities in Mindanao is not among the original plans of those who started Davao Doctors Hospital 40 years ago.

IFC changing Davao's agribiz landscape

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:35:26 +0800

WORLD BANK Group member International Financial Corp.

Pawnshop robbers are from Luzon: police

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:37:19 +0800

THE group behind the series of robbery of pawnshops all over the region is from the Mountain Province in Luzon, the Digos City Police Office said, as it revealed it already has suspects.

3 men arrested for kidnap-slay

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:38:12 +0800

THREE men, including a purok leader of Tibungco village, were arrested at their residence Monday on accusation of being behind the kidnap for ransom and murder of a businessman in May this year.

Entrepreneurship for the unemployed

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:41:29 +0800

MAYOR Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the creation of a management committee of “Mag-Negosyo Ta Day!,” in support of unemployed women in Davao City, said council secretary Zuleika Lopez Friday.

Mindanao peace, a top priority: defense chief

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:43:05 +0800

DEFENSE Secretary Gilberto Cojuangco Teodoro Jr., or Gibo to his friends and colleagues, has nothing but good plans for Mindanao.

Reds raid police station in Agusan

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:44:46 +0800

THE New People's Army (NPA) struck anew, this time attacking a police station in Agusan del Sur.

P1M reward for informant in rebel's arrest

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:45:43 +0800

POLICE awarded P1 million Friday to a female informant who provided vital information that led to the arrest of one of the top 25 communist leaders in the country.

SM City Davao's dazzling Santacruzan

Fri, 29 May 2009 00:46:35 +0800

By Adi C. Quisido

City set to release P60M calamity funds

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:02:22 +0800

DAVAO CITY Administrator Wendel Avisado said P60 million is ready to be released by the City Government after the city declared at least two barangays affected by Monday's flashfloods under state of calamity.

DOH shifts to mitigation strategy against A (H1N1)

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:03:01 +0800

THE Department of Health has vowed to intensify mitigation efforts against influenza A (H1N1) virus in light of the anticipated rise in the number of cases across the country.

Lanao's grand plan to entice visitors

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:01:16 +0800

LANAO del Norte is conducting a series of activities that would entice visitors to visit the province.

Army vows no whitewash in Sto. Tomas shootout probe

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:00:13 +0800

THE military assured there will be no whitewash in their investigation on the involvement of a soldier in a shooting incident in Sto. Tomas, Davao del Norte on Tuesday.

Dureza to head revived Opamin

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:59:36 +0800

PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has ordered for the revival of the Office of President extension office in Mindanao (Opamin).

Pinay OFW pardoned by Kuwait gov't gets help

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:58:55 +0800

KIDAPAWAN CITY -- The overseas Filipino worker who was granted full pardon by the Emir of Kuwait is set to receive from the Philippine government cash assistance enough to start her own business in he

Man charged for gun possession

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:58:11 +0800

POLICE filed charges against a man accused of possessing an improvised handgun and assaulting a policeman on Gov. Sales Street in Davao City Wednesday afternoon.

2 suspects in P5M pawnshop heist sued

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:57:32 +0800

THE Digos City Police Office has filed charges against two men behind the De Leon Pawnshop robbery in Digos City on Sunday night.