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City of Naga eyes portion of Balili property for job creation

City of Naga eyes portion of Balili property for job creation

Claudine Flores

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Byron Garcia to face trial over alleged online harassment

Byron Garcia to face trial over alleged online harassment

Claudine Flores

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2 women arrested, 7 minors rescued in anti-online child exploitation operations

2 women arrested, 7 minors rescued in anti-online child exploitation operations

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PRICE MONITORING. Department of Agriculture Assistant Secretary Joycel Panlilio leads the inspection and price monitoring at New Las Piñas Public Market in Las Piñas City on June 10, 2026. Palace Press Officer Claire Castro on Thursday (June 11, 2026) urged consumers to report retailers violating the government’s PHP50-per-kilo rice price cap to help authorities curb overpricing and protect buyers. (PNA photo by Avito Dalan)

DA to recommend extension of P50-per-kilo rice price cap

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BIMP-EAGA GAMES. Davao City Sports Development Division of the City Mayor’s Office executive program director Charlie Roscios speaks during the Davao Sportswriters Association Forum at The Annex of SM City Davao on June 11, 2026. Beside him is fellow city sports official Nestor Navarro Jr.

Davao City sets sights on BIMP-EAGA Games

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The body of a 78-year-old woman who was reported missing during the landfill slide on May 20, 2026, was recovered around 4:32 p.m. on Tuesday, May 26, 2026, at the sanitary landfill here in Barangay New Carmen, Tugbok District, Davao City.

Sara hopes landfill reopens soon amid ongoing waste management concerns

Rojean Grace G. Patumbon

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IN MEMORIAM. Rene Clert “Bobet” Baterbonia poses in a file photo holding four basketballs. He rose to national prominence after steering Davao Region to a historic 2025 Palarong Pambansa gold medal in secondary boys basketball in Ilocos Norte and a repeat finals appearance in 2026 in Agusan del Sur, where the team won silver. His dream to give his family a better life was cut short due to a drowning incident in Aurora.

VP Sara: AdMU’s response to Baterbonia death lacking

Rojean Grace G. Patumbon

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Vice President Sara Duterte served as the guest of honor during the commemoration of the the 128th Anniversary of Philippine Independence on Friday, June 12, 2026 at the Rizal Park in Davao City.

VP Sara calls on to defend sovereignty vs corruption

Rojean Grace G. Patumbon

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A total of 427 residents availed themselves of various government services during the successful staging of the My Real Serbisyo Caravan in Barangay Nueva Visayas, with the Land Transportation Office (LTO) participating in the program.

LTO joins My Real Serbisyo Caravan, 427 residents benefit in Nueva Visayas

Sun Star Davao Digital

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DAVAO. Personnel from the Davao City Health Office Tropical Disease Prevention and Control Division sprayed hard-to-reach areas in houses in Purok 1, Barangay Mahayag, Bunawan, Davao City.

Davao City dengue cases drop by 61% in early 2026

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Emergency responders recovered two bodies from a damaged facility in Purok Pelomina, Barangay Calumpang, General Santos City. In an advisory issued at 3:30 p.m. on Monday, June 8, the Philippine Red Cross said rescue teams, working alongside inue retrieval operations as two more individuals remain missing beneath the collapsed structure.

State of calamity in Sarangani amid rising quake death toll

Sun Star Davao Digital

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SOMBER HOMECOMING. Basketball jerseys and a framed portrait of Rene Clert “Bobet” Baterbonia in his team uniform are displayed at the Ateneo de Davao Senior High School–Bangkal Campus as supporters gather at Christ the King Chapel to pay their final respects on Friday evening, June 12, 2026. Baterbonia, a former core player of the Ateneo de Davao University (AdDU) Blue Knights, was named Most Valuable Player when the Davao Eagles secured their first-ever secondary boys’ basketball gold medal at the 2025 Palarong Pambansa. The 18-year-old athlete tragically died from drowning on June 8, 2026, during an off-campus team-building activity in Dipaculao, Aurora. He was a newly recruited rookie for the Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU) Blue Eagles men’s basketball team. His teammate, 21-year-old Nigerian student-athlete Chukwuemeka Divine Adili, also died in the incident after both were swept away by a strong rip current.

Torreon law firm clarifies role in Baterbonia legal assistance

David Ezra M. Francisquete

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Flood Control Watch

Fr. Flaviano Antonio Villanueva

Kalinga Foundation condemns false allegations vs priest founder

Jun 05, 2026

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Lawmakers, former officials deny ‘suitcase cash’ allegations

Lawmakers, former officials deny ‘suitcase cash’ allegations

Third Anne Peralta-Malonzo

Jun 05, 2026

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Erwin Tulfo

Tulfo dismisses Cayetano bloc’s flood control probe as ‘forum’

Third Anne Peralta-Malonzo

Jun 05, 2026

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Sherwin Gatchalian

Gatchalian bloc slams Cayetano group’s ‘bogus’ flood control hearing

Third Anne Peralta-Malonzo

Jun 04, 2026

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Ex-marines link several lawmakers to cash-in-luggage deliveries

Ex-marines link several lawmakers to cash-in-luggage deliveries

Third Anne Peralta-Malonzo

Jun 04, 2026

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Manuel Bonoan

Bonoan transferred to a private hospital

Third Anne Peralta-Malonzo

Jun 03, 2026

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Martin Romualdez

Senate Blue Ribbon panel invites Romualdez in flood control probe

Third Anne Peralta-Malonzo

Jun 03, 2026

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Jinggoy Estrada

Jinggoy Estrada detained at Quezon City jail

Third Anne Peralta-Malonzo

Jun 02, 2026

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