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Agriculture Secretary William Dar (Photo credit: https://www.da.gov.ph/) “We have survived the worst, rebooted our policies, and refocused our priorities. The next step is to pursue systematic and strategic approaches to further ‘grow’ the agri-fishery sector in strong and sustained partnerships with local government units, private sector, farmers’ and fishers’ groups, and other national government agencies,” the DA chief said. Leading off the new designates is Leocadio Sebastian...

DAVAO CITY – The city government of Davao will submit specimens of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients here to the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) to check if they are carriers of the new variant of the disease.

Mark Navales/BenarNews Abu Misry Mama, a senior member of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters militant group in the southern Philippines, has died of natural causes, according to a government intelligence report and a source close to him. Mama (also known as Sadaan Salendab) was a spokesman for BIFF, a pro-Islamic State group in the volatile south, who was known for talking openly to the local and international press. During the past several years, he often challenged the Phil...

January 12, 2021 | 12:03 am Font Size AAA TV MARIA, the Filipino Catholic TV channel celebrates its 15 years of broadcasting this 2021, as the Philippines also celebrates the 500 years of Christianity in the nation. TV Maria was created to fulfill the vision of being the Filipino Catholic TV Channel. And it has served this purpose not just within the Philippine archipelago but has also reached many Filipinos across the globe. On January 1, 2006, TV Maria started its first broadcast ove...

MARAWI CITY, Jan. 8 —A total of 31,900 sets of logistics aiming to prevent the spread of coronavirus dise

Filipino Catholic devotees light candles and offer prayers after attending a mass at a National Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help in Baclaran, Paranaque city, metro Manila, Philippines on September 18, 2016. | Reuters/Romeo Ranoco A Muslim extremist group, primarily made up of teenagers, attacked a church in the Philippines, peppering the building and a statue of the patron saint with bullets. Persecution watchdog International Christian Concern reports that in December, the Islamic State-...

SunStar DAVAO. Ka Mackoy happily reunites with his family. (Contributed photo) Contributed photo December 31, 2020 LIVING a life that is always on the run is never an ideal life for anyone, much more so to a family man. This was the life alias Ka Mackoy and his comrades led when he was still a member of the New Peoples Army (NPA). Recruitment Ka Mackoy was still studying at the University of Southern Mindanao (USM) in Kabacan, Cotabato and was taking up an Animal Science course whe...

Published December 30, 2020, 4:57 PM GENERAL SANTOS CITY – A suspected member of the Dawlah Islamiyah local terror group was killed in an anti-drug operation conducted by police and military operatives in Polomolok, South Cotabato on Tuesday, December 29. Polomolok Police Chief Lt. Col. Alex Joe Orcajada identified the suspect as Noel Bagco, 50, who reportedly shot it out with an arresting team during a drug entrapment operation in Barangay Cannery, Polomolok town. He said the suspect drew a ...

Published December 29, 2020, 9:14 AM DAVAO CITY – The Department of Education (DepEd-National) officially transferred the management and integration of the DepEd Cotabato City Division and schools in 63 barangays in North Cotabato to the Bangsamoro Government’s Education Ministry on Monday, December 28. SCHOOLS TURNOVER — DepEd-XII Regional Director Allan Farnazo (left) representing DepEd Secretary Leonor Briones during the formal signing of the instrument of turnover between the DepEd-Na...

SunStar + December 29, 2020 THE Department of Educations (DepEd) Cotabato City Division, along with schools from 63 villages in North Cotabato, are now under the Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (MBHTE-Barmm). This, as the DepEd officially transferred Monday, December 28, the management and integration of the Cotabato City Division and the schools in 63 villages in North Cotabato. The Cotabato City Division cov...