Read more about the article Bislig mayor dismissed for grave misconduct
(Photo from Bislig City Mayor Librado Navarro’s Twitter account)

Bislig mayor dismissed for grave misconduct

The Office of the Ombudsman dismissed Bislig City Mayor Librado Navarro and 11 other local officials over a questionable P14.7-million hydraulic excavator purchase five years ago.

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Read more about the article Three major infra projects up in Mindanao
President Rodrigo Duterte speaks before business leaders and public officials during the closing ceremony of the 26th Mindanao Business Conference held in Cagayan de Oro, September 7-9. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

Three major infra projects up in Mindanao

The Duterte administration is keen on pushing the development of Mindanao through the building of at least three major infrastructures that will have an impact on the island’s economy.

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Read more about the article NGCP repairs Aurora-Ozamiz line
A four-seater helicopter of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) transports transmission steel poles from its staging area in Barangay La Victoria, Aurora, Zamboanga del Sur to the structure sites in Barangays Usugan and San Jose in the town of Tambulig, Zamboanga del Sur. The transmission company is set to do their rehabilitation works by replacing wooden transmission poles into steel poles that composed of structures number 36 to 57 of the Aurora-Ozamiz 69KV line. (Divina M. Suson/davaotoday.com)

NGCP repairs Aurora-Ozamiz line

The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines has started ??yesterday, September 6, its ?repair works on the Aurora-Ozamiz transmission line.

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Read more about the article IN PHOTOS | A war that turned Marawi into rubble
A mosque stands still beside the remains of residential buildings along Agus River at Barangay Bubong Madaya near the Balo-i Bridge in Marawi City. The place was once a stronghold of the ISIS-inspired Maute group. Journalists were permitted last August 30 to cross the bridge that connects Barangay Raya Saduc and Bubong Madaya, after it was recaptured by the government troops weeks ago. It is the main route of the military in delivering their supplies and reinforcement. (Divina M. Suson)

IN PHOTOS | A war that turned Marawi into rubble

It was once known as a "Little Baguio" for the city's cool and fresh breeze. But today the air in Marawi smells of gunpowder. A few meters away from where journalists were traversing the bridge once controlled by armed militants, gun fighting continues. The government was also relentless in flushing out the militants in what they described as a small portion of the city's 87.55 square kilometers land area with continuous aerial bombardment.

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