DCOTT ready to comply with RA 11311
June 24, 2019 7:57 am
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ISKOLAR NG BAYAN
Students, faculty, and graduates of the University of the Philippines Mindanao stage a rally during the commencement exercises on Friday, June 21, challenging President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration to heed the people’s calls such as genuine agrarian reform, end martial law in Mindanao and to defend the national sovereignty. (Photo contributed by Jarius Perez)
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NEW VICE MAYOR
Presidential son and political neophyte Sebastian “Baste” Duterte takes his oath as the elected vice mayor of Davao City on Friday, June 21 at the city’s Sangguniang Panlungsod. The ceremony was witnessed by the first family including President Rodrigo Duterte. (Ken E. Cagula/davaotoday.com)
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DAILY GRIND
To sustain the daily needs of his family, this vendor has to brave the sweltering heat of the sun in the streets of Baler in Aurora province, as he sells to tourists and visitors local delicacy called “Pakumbo,” a sweetened dried coconut packed in a dry banana bark. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)
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EARLY BIRD
Among those who went early to vote is this 69-year-old resident of Matina, Davao City who immediately scanned the list of voters posted near her polling precint at the Daniel R. Aguinaldo National High School on Monday, May 13, 2019. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)
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EXCEPTIONAL ONE
EXCEPTIONAL ONE. A local barber in Davao City offers free haircut service to all unfortunate individuals along C.M Recto Street every weekend. He usually gives free service to up to 20 individuals as his gift-giving effort and advocacy.
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GRIEF
A Manobo woman wails on the last night of Datu Kaylo Bontulan’s wake at the evacuation center inside the UCCP Haran Compound on Monday. Bontulan was among the leaders of the Lumad communities from Talaingod, Davao del Norte who fled their homes since 2015 due to militarization. He died on April 7 during a military operation in Kitaotao, Bukidnon. (Mara S. Genotiva/davaotoday.com)
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On the malicious arrest of Mindanao journalist Margarita Valle: Stop harassing journalists
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POOLED EDITORIAL | Overcome Cyber-Martial Law
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Regions
Anti-cybercrime group asks Pornhub to remove students’ sex videos
June 23rd, 2019
The Philippine National Police’s Anti-Cybercrime Group-10 (ACG-10) on Saturday said it has already requested a pornography-streaming website to remove from its server self-made videos of teenage students of a private...
Police: Normin’s 6th most wanted killed in operation
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Authorities killed Northern Mindanao’s sixth most wanted person following a law enforcement operation in Bukidnon Monday, the Philippine National Police-10 (PNP-10) in a report said....
LTFRB-10 opens new taxi franchises but through coop or corporation
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axi operators in Northern Mindanao who wants to avail of a franchise for their units are urged to organized themselves into either a cooperative or a corporation, Land Transportation Franchising...
Duterte makes good on his promise, swears in elected Oro officials
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Before he administered the oathtaking of the city’s elected officials Tuesday evening, Pres. Rodrigo Duterte has already made a promise that he will do just that....
NTC wants 'domestic roaming' to offset network failure
June 8th, 2019
With the loss of cellular phone signal for four hours in Visayas and Mindanao on Tuesday, the National Telecommunications Communication here has suggested the implementation of “domestic roaming.”...
Env’t watchdog alarmed at the sale of mercury-laden skin whiteners in CDO
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The city government will look into the proliferation of imported mercury-laden skin-whitening products being openly sold in public markets here as reported by the environmental and health advocate EcoWaste Coalition....
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IN PHOTOS: World-class twin Expos opens in Davao City
The back-to-back trade shows of Philippine Building and Construction Expo (PHILBEX) and Travel and Leisure Expo (TLEX) Davao 2019 formally opened on Thursday, May 9, in SMX Convention Center in SM Lanang Premier, showcasing the latest innovations and products in the construction and tourism industries.
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IN PHOTOS: Opening of 2019 National Games in Davao City
Despite the brief rain shower on Sunday afternoon of April 28, the 2019 Palarong Pambansa opening ceremony pushed through with around 18,000 delegates across the country welcomed at the University of the Philippines Mindanao Sports Complex in Davao City.
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IN PHOTOS: The day they bury Datu Kaylo, a good leader
Kin, together with Lumad youths and friends paid their final respects to Datu Kaylo Bontulan, council member of Salugpungan Ta Tanu Igkanogon, before his remains, was laid to rest at the Wireless Public Cemetery at Madapo Hills, Davao City on Tuesday, April 16.
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IN PHOTOS : Dabawenyos celebrate 82nd Araw ng Dabaw
Dabawenyos happily endured the scorching heat of the sun that reached up to 32 degrees Celsius on Saturday, March 16, to witness the “Parada Dabawenyo”, one of the most anticipated highlights of the celebration of Araw ng Dabaw.
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IN PHOTOS: Take a Peek of Kadayawan’s 1st Kosplay Tilt
A total of 18 entries in this year’s 1st Kosplay Kadayawan showcased their different interpretation of the city’s iconic Philippine Eagle.
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IN PHOTOS: Lumad’s ‘long march’ for refuge in Surigao
More than 1,600 Lumad evacuees took the national highway on Monday, July 30, in a bid to reach the provincial capital Tandag City, as a protest against the military encampment of their communities.
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IN PHOTOS: ‘People’s SONA’ in Duterte’s hometown
In President Rodrigo Duterte’s hometown, groups staged a protest rally as he delivered his third State of the Nation Address on Monday, July 23.
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Surigao Lumads flee from ‘militarized’ communities
More than a thousand indigenous people from 15 rural villages in the municipalities of San Agustin, Tago, and Lianga, this province fled their homes on Monday, July 15, after a month of military encampment of their communities.
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IN PHOTOS: Davaoeños choose next barangay and SK officials
Davaoeños exercised their right to vote during Monday’s, May 14, Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections in different voting precincts here.
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IN PHOTOS: Decades-old residents of Salmonan lost their homes in demolition
The cries and pleas of decades-old residents of Barangay 26-C Salmonan in Davao City did not stop the demolition team from destroying 67 of their homes despite their claims of an ongoing legal process.
