By CHERYLL D. FIEL Davao Today DAVAO CITY– Police and the Task Force Davao are putting up mobile checkpoints to secure the entire city against threats after the discovery of two improvised explosive devices in two separate downtown areas on Thursday, February 26. A man leaving a package at the counter...

MANILA, Philippines – A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck Tagum City in Davao del Norte on Friday morning. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the earthquake struck 32 kilometers southeast of Tagum City at 8:07 a.m. Continue...

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TAGUM CITY – The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) is pushing for the inclusion of private dwellings in the regular fire safety inspections. BFP Davao del Norte provincial office information officer Cyrus Medina, in the weekly Kapihan sa Kapitolyo, cited that 42 percent of all fire incidents in the...

TAGUM CITY — Alarmed by cases of women and children involved in commercial sex work, the Provincial Social Welfare Office (PSWDO) is set to establish the Provincial Inter-Agency Anti-Trafficking Council. Guesting at the Kapihan sa Kapitolyo, PSWDO chief Arlene Semblante admitted that there is an...

By GERMELINA A. LACORTE Davao Today DAVAO CITY–Evangeline Pitao, wife of Leoncio Pitao popularly known as Kumander Parago, remembers the morning of Wednesday when Rebelyn, leaving home for work, had called to her, �Ma, moadto nako! (Ma, I�m going!)� When she turned, all she could see of her 20 year old...

NPA-Southern Mindanao sets its sights on Palparan The Ka Paking Guimbaolibot Red Partisan Brigade of the Merardo Arce Command-New People’s Army is anticipating its latest legitimate target in the person of Ret. Gen. Jovito Palparan who is now resurrected by way of the much-vaunted narco-terrorism...

Judge lifts warrant of arrest on Cuesta murder suspect On February 13, we learned that the warrant of arrest issued against the main suspect in the killing of broadcaster Dennis Cuesta, police Inspector Redempto Acharon, had been lifted by the very judge who issued it. . According Judge Isaac Alvero V....

Australia aids RP law enforcement in Mindanao Davao City — The Australian government has provided Philippine law enforcement agencies in Mindanao with new facilities including a bomb data centre and forensic explosives laboratory to further assist the Philippines combat terrorism and improve...

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By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN | Davao Today DAVAO CITY � The Task Force Davao (TFD) has organized a 4, 000-strong barangay defense system (BDS) to counter the growing number of Communist guerrillas operating in the outskirts of the city, Col. Oscar Lactao, TFD commander, said during the weekly television...

By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN | Davao Today DAVAO CITY – Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte warned the police against mulcting money from motorists, storeowners and individuals after receiving reports that some of them have been doing just that while investigating a road mishap. The mayor said he is aware...

By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN | Davao Today DAVAO CITY – Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte opposes the creation of anti-Moro vigilante groups saying it cannot solve the ongoing conflict in Mindanao. The mayor reacted to reports that Ilaga–a notorious anti-Moro group back in Martial Law...

The Philippine National Police (PNP) is bent to have 21 personnel as minimum requirement for every police station. This is part of the integrated transformation program that the agency has started implementing to improve the efficiency of the police force. Police deputy director general Jesus Verzosa said...

Davao City – Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) held a protest rally on May 29 at Camp Leonor, San Pedro St., Davao City to demand from Task Force Pojas the results of their investigations on the killing of peasant leader Celso Pojas. Pojas was killed last May 14 at the height of his involvements in...

The coming wet season has an environmental group expressing concern for the fate of residents of Davao City’s hinterlands that are prone to landslide and flood. Interface Development Interventions, Inc. (Idis) executive director Lia Jasmin Esquillo says they are particularly worried for the residents...

By MARILOU M. AGUIRRE | Davao Today DAVAO CITY — Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte was furious over rumors that he is protecting Pastor Apollo Quiboloy, the leader of the religious sect Jesus Christ: A Name Above Every Name, whose name was dragged into the slaying of tribal leader Dominador Diarog. In...

WE WANT JUSTICE! Militants and relatives of Celso Pojas, the slain secretary general of Farmers Association of Davao City-Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas, hold a picket here on Friday, May 16. They demand justice for the peasant leader, who, according to the rights group Karapatan, is the first activist...

By CHERYLL D. FIEL | Davao Today DAVAO CITY — Celso Pojas, a leader of a farmers’ group in Davao City, was shot dead this morning in front of the office of the Farmers’ Association of Davao City-Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (FADC-KMP), in sitio Bugac, barangay Maa, this city. Slain...

By JAIME MORENTE Director, Davao City Police Office Davao City remains peaceful despite the threats posed by terrorist and criminal elements. DCPO, in tandem with TF Davao, continues to address these threats 24/7 and has been very successful with the strong political leadership provided by City Mayor...

By GERMELINA A. LACORTE | Davao Today DAVAO CITY — “The place looks very nice, it doesn’t feel like a jail at all,” Colin Davies, deputy representative of the United Nations Children’s Education Fund (Unicef), observed in a brief visit early this month to the Ray of Hope...

By GERMELINA A. LACORTE | Davao Today Former Regional Trial Court Judge Adoracion Avisado and City Councilor Angela Librado urged Mayor Rodrigo Duterte to take a strong stance in the fight against sex trafficking. In a city peace and order meeting here, Librado prodded Duterte to look into the live shows...

By CHERYLL D. FIEL | Davao Today A nineteen-year old girl filed a complaint before the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) XI office on February 26 this year, against a Philippine Army officer, who allegedly molested her inside a military detachment camp in their village. The girl, a resident of Baracatan,...

By CJ Kuizon | Davao Today �I haven’t been offered but I am willing to take the responsibility if it is given to me,� Davao del Norte Governor Rodolfo del Rosario said when asked to confirm speculations that he had been offered the chairmanship of the Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC) vacated...

Airport security has been tightened at the Davao International Airport to ensure the safety of passengers, former Aviation Security Group (ASG) commander Supt Ramon Salvilla said. Salvilla, who currently sits as consultant on peace and order of the city mayor’s office, said that efforts to curb...