DepEd heeds Esperon report, suspends 55 ‘lumad’ schools

Credit to Author: cmiranda| Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2019 11:19:50 +0000

DepEd heeds Esperon report, suspends 55 ‘lumad’ schools

DAVAO CITY—At least 55 schools for lumad children have been barred from operating this school year based on a recommendation made by National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr., former armed forces chief.

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Investment ‘scam’ operators in Davao del Norte flee with P209M

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2019 10:01:15 +0000

Amid the raging controversy involving the Kapa Community Ministry International Inc. and other questionable get-rich-quick schemes

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Corrupted SD cards delay proclamation of winners in Davao del Norte

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Tue, 14 May 2019 02:56:13 +0000

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) sitting as the Provincial Board of Canvassers here announced that the proclamation of winners in the congressional and gubernatorial race in Davao del Norte would be delayed because of the corrupted SD (Secure Digital) cards.

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Davao del Norte gov concedes to ex-Speaker Alvarez in congressional race

Credit to Author: dlejano| Date: Mon, 13 May 2019 23:50:53 +0000

Davao del Norte gov concedes to ex-Speaker Alvarez in congressional race

Former Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez, who is poised to win anew as representative in Davao del Norte’s first legislative district, was handed an essential victory that extended the Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) dominance in the province known to be a bailiwick of the Del Rosario political clan for decades. 

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Davao del Norte town mayor’s brother gunned down

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 07 May 2019 11:26:08 +0000

DAVAO CITY – The brother of the incumbent mayor of New Corella, Davao del Norte was shot dead by a motorcycle-riding assassin in Barangay Poblacion here on Tuesday.

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Brother of New Corella town mayor gunned down

Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Tue, 07 May 2019 11:22:43 +0000

Brother of New Corella town mayor gunned down

The brother of the incumbent mayor of New Corella town in Davao del Norte was shot and killed by an unidentified gunman on a motorcycle at Purok 5, Barangay Poblacion here on Tuesday.

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IBP urges impartial probe on killing of Filipino lawyers

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2019 10:25:20 +0000

The Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) has caled for an impartial probe into the spate of killings of members of the legal profession.

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Security up in Tagum as 6,000 devotees expected for Black Nazarene ’Traslacion’

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2019 08:10:55 +0000

Police in Tagum City, Davao del Norte have assured the public of ample security as thousands of devout Catholics were expected to join Wednesday’s Black Nazarene “Traslacion.”

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Court orders DSWD to give custody of 12 lumad kids back to parents

The court has ordered the release of 12 minors put under DSWD’s custody after the arrest of ex-congressman Satur Ocampo’s group last week.

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Left by wife, man stabs 4 kids in Davao del Norte: 3 dead, 1 wounded

Left by wife, man stabs 4 kids in Davao del Norte: 3 dead, 1 wounded

Despondent over his apparent separation from his wife, a 40-year-old carpenter stabbed his own four children, killing three of them and wounding another at their house in Island Garden City of Samal (Igacos), Davao del Norte shortly before midnight on Thursday, police on Friday said.

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