Cha Monforte

THREE groups previously fighting the government signed a joint declaration last Sunday in Davao City “to support the people’s grant of revolutionary powers to President Rodrigo R. Duterte.”

SOME 257 PDP-Laban leaders from various regions in the country trooped last Saturday in the Grand Menseng Hotel in Davao City and converted their national conference into a National Council in session.

MAYOR Ruperto “Rupet” Gonzaga III of Mawab, will be launching on February 1 a unique program where the municipal government would rent a house near the Davao Regional Medical Center (DRMC) in Apokon, Tagum City where relatives of confined patients from Mawab could stay—with free board and lodging.

SO as not to inconvenience seacraft riders during typhoons, members of the City Council of the Island Garden City of Samal asked the Coast Guard on Tuesday to coordinate with the city government before issuing no-travel orders to seacraft during typhoons.

THE Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) of Davao del Norte on Monday has approved the provincial government’s budget for the year 2018 amounting to P1,658,100,000.

THOUSANDS of buyers of Cavendish bananas, a top export variety of the fruit, are flocking to Davao del Norte in an attempt to procure the fruit at a cheap price through “spot buying.”

THE businessman in Tagum City who successfully cracked the process of refilling empty butane canisters with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) could not imagine that one day, his innovation could be massively imitated as it is now.

Davao del Norte Indigenous People Mandatory Representative (IPMR) Datu Marcial Lig-onan successfully pushed for the passage of an ordinance enshrining a province-wide Tipanud Festival every fourth week of October to celebrate, showcase and promote the culture, tradition and products of the seven tribes of the province.

The barangay-based waste-collection system of Panabo City is proving to be just sustainable until today after being used for the past 20 years.

COMPOSTELA Valley Provincial Warden Jose Marvin Coquilla said after 19 years of freely staying in Barangay Mankilam, Tagum City, they could most possibly transfer next year.

ACES School honcho Dr. Francisco dela Peña Jr. is asking local authorities of the Island Garden City of Samal to give him authority to develop around 5 hectares of the Samal Sandbar, also called the “vanishing island”, for a world-class, exotic, floating aquamarine tourism park.

THE Tagum City government is readying for the construction of big-ticket national projects even while it is currently processing to avail itself of a P680-million loan to fund its own high-impact projects.

PHILIPPINE Army 1003rd Brigade commander Col. Ernesto Torres said Davao City and neighboring areas in Davao region are considered “good targets” of Islamic State terrorists, as Davao City is considered the seat of government outside of Metro Manila, being President Duterte’s home city.

CONSTRUCTION of the P16.47-billion bridge that will connect Samal Island to Davao will begin in mid-2019 and end in 2024, an official of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said.

DAVAO City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday said implementation of the K to 12 Program was “apparently ill-advised,” noting that funding for the program seem to be not forthcoming as planned or promised.

By Cha Monforte / Correspondent

TWO top campaign aides of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, including the driver and the aide’s son, cheated death, as the Toyota Fortuner sport-utility vehicle they were riding on turned turtle on Wednesday morning at around 6 at a high-altitude zigzag road in Quezon town while on their way to Valencia City, Bukidnon, to prepare for the speaking engagement of the mayor.

DAVAO del Norte Gov. Rodolfo del Rosario said that, considering the congestion in the Sasa area, the long-dreamed-of Samal bridge is better off to span from Barangay JP Laurel, the first barangay of Panabo City right after northernmost Barangay Lasang in Davao City.

THE Davao del Norte Electric Cooperative Inc. (Daneco) will have an excess of 2 megawatts (MW) of contracted power supply when Therma South Inc. starts operations by March 2015.

AFTER pulling P362.9-million development funds for mostly road-infrastructure projects and some community-driven projects last year, the Davao del Norte provincial government has pulled peace and rural development projects from two national programs totaling P624 million this year.

MORE than 500 cases of violence against women (VAW) in Panabo City last year were recorded by the city’s Social Welfare and Development Office (SWDO) in 2014.

THE Davao del Norte police has beefed up perimeter security in two provincial jails in Tagum City, while prison guards Davao Penal Colony went on red alert following abduction of a provincial jail warden by New People’s Army (NPA) rebels.

TWO alleged extortionists claiming membership in a Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) group were arrested by policemen on Saturday in Maco, Compostela Valley.

‘BETERANO na ni sa gira [This is a veteran in fighting fire],” said the fire chief of the Island Garden City of Samal, as he touched the back of the station’s oldest fire truck, that perhaps is the oldest running fire engine throughout the country.

DAVAO City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte has asked city residents whether they want a private company to take charge in the collection of garbage in the city.

FOR several anxious nights, residents of Santo Tomas and Kapalong in Davao del Norte did not roam for fear of meeting “Boy Manigbasay,” a reported “serial killer” who was wanted by the police for two killings.