‘Communist rebels at doorstep of Davao City’

Davao City has new NPA rebel front
By ROGER M. BALANZA

The military said New People’s Army rebels have opened a new front committee in Davao City, as it admitted the communist movement is getting stronger in the city’s outskirts.
Task Force Davao commander Col. Rainier Cruz the NPA has established Front Committee 54 [...]

Anti-people companies facing raps at communist People’s Court

Rebs list 4 firms in ‘order of battle’

Four companies operating in the Davao Region are facing charges before the communist movement’s People’s Court for various offenses against the masses, according to the Revolutionary Council of Trade Unions (RTCU), a workers group aligned with the National Democratic Front (NDF), the political arm of the Communist [...]

Retired trooper killed by NPAs?

Military checking if Manero liquidated

The military here are checking reports a retired trooper seized by communist rebels last month had been terminated. We are still verifying this report, said Major Arman Rico, spokesman of the AFP Eastern Mindanao Command. Rico admits the military is clueless about the whereabouts of MSgt. Jose Manero, but the [...]

Judge raps cop for poor English

After threatening to charge him for contempt of court, a Davao City judge on Tuesday rapped a policeman for explaining in the Visayan dialect his failure to deliver summons to a court hearing on the December 25 killing of radioman Ferdie Lintuan.
In a court hearing on Tuesday, Judge Renato Fuentes blew his [...]

Davao City govt to sue motel owner for illegal foreshore reclamation

City Hall readies rap vs. Adarna
By ROGER M. BALANZA

City Hall is readying charges for illegal construction against a motel owner who reclaimed sans government permit part of a 24-hectare city government reservation in coastal barangay Matina Aplaya.
The City Engineers Office is now preparing evidences and documents, said City Legal Officer J. Melchor [...]

Strike-free Davao City luring investors

Ibuyan: Industrial peace key to city’s progress

Industrial peace or the absence of labor strike is one of the major factors luring investors to Davao City, according to city councilor Edgar Ibuyan, chairman of the committee on labor and employment opportunities.
“I am proud to report that since I became chairman of the committee, there has [...]

Davao City councilor rapped for shooting from the hips

Dayanghirang told: Apologize to Davao Light
The Davao Light & Power Co. has refused to comment on accusation by a Davao City councilor that it has been remiss in paying taxes to the city government.
Floor leader Danilo Dayanhirang last week assailed the Aboitiz-owned power firm, the city’s sole power provider, of not paying real [...]

Govt banks to earn P4.7B in DBM unpaid IRA payment mode

Dads oppose P42 million cut in unpaid IRA share

By ROGER M. BALANZA

Davao City councilors yesterday deferred action on a government offer of lump sum payment of unpaid Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) for 2001 and 2004 due the city government, that would have a bank advancing the money pocketing nearly a third of [...]

Better waiting sheds at Davao airport backed

An airport official has supported a call by a Davao City councilor to provide adequate canopies and seats at the waiting sheds of the Davao International Airport.
Councilor Edgar Ibuyan had deplored that people seeing off or welcoming passengers are left to the elements, with the waiting shed having small canopies and without [...]

Anton Lagdameo: No politics for Dawn

Davao del Norte Congressman Anton Lagdameo said he would not want to see his wife, actress Dawn Zulueta, joining politics but he leave it to her to decide.
Zulueta’s name has surfaced as a senatorial candidate after the administration Lakas included her name in a shortlist of potential party candidates for senator in 2010.
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