Customs seizes rice, cars worth P12M at Davao port
By Tina G. SantosThe Bureau of Customs on Thursday seized P12 million worth of allegedly smuggled rice and cars of still undetermined value at the Port of Davao.
The Bureau of Customs on Thursday seized P12 million worth of allegedly smuggled rice and cars of still undetermined value at the Port of Davao.
Vote for his candidates or “die”. It was a veiled threat but made in jest by mayoralty bet Rodrigo Duterte when he campaigned here Thursday night in the presence of President Benigno Aquino III’s youngest sister, Kris.
The Department of Social Welfare and Development vowed on Wednesday to take legal action against a coalition of militant groups that raided its regional office in Davao City, resulting in the senseless destruction of government properties and the stealing of relief goods intended for tropical depression “Crising” victims.
Pockets of violence marred the third day of protests by thousands of Typhoon “Pablo” survivors who have been camping outside the Department of Social Welfare and Development compound here.
A “full blown humanitarian crisis” in Davao City is in the offing if the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will continue to be ‘”slow” in responding to the needs of typhoon victims there, Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero warned on Wednesday.
A Philippine Daily Inquirer correspondent received several blows from the anti-riot police while he was covering a demonstration at the Department of Social Welfare and Development regional office here at around 10 a.m. Wednesday.
More than 5,000 families, or 25,000 individuals, have been affected by the flooding that hit riverside villages here following nonstop rains since Saturday night.
The massive environmental destruction caused by Typhoon “Pablo” in mid-December focused national attention on Mindanao, inspiring leaders from different fields to come together to find ways of reducing the impact of natural calamities caused by climate change.
At least 32 persons, six of them adults, were apprehended by the police for violating the city’s firecrackers ban on Christmas Eve.
The Aboitiz Group, led by the Aboitiz Foundation, is now accepting donations for areas in Mindanao that were hit by typhoon Pablo. Thousands of families in New Bataan, Compostela Valley, Bukidnon, Iligan, and Davao in Mindanao, and the cities of Dumaguete and Tanjay in Negros Oriental are still in need of help. The Aboitiz Group [...]
Vice President Jejomar Binay will fly to Davao and Compostela Valley on Thursday to aid victims of Typhoon “Pablo” (international name Bopha).
The number of cases of violence against women in the city has more than doubled in six years, which women’s groups said is a sign that the abuse of women here has not eased.
The car theft suspect, who faces a bounty of up to P5 million for his capture, dead or alive, is now on the run and able to elude authorities because of police protection, according to the city official who offered the reward for the suspect’s head.
