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December 19, 2020 THE City Government of Davao and a teachers group are not in favor of the resumption of face-to-face (F2F) classes next year while the city is still grappling from the Covid-19 pandemic. This came after President Rodrigo Duterte approved on Monday, December 14, the plan of the Department of Education (DepEd) to conduct pilot F2F classes for the whole month of January 2021 in select schools in areas declared as low-risk for coronavirus transmission. Education Secre...

December 19, 2020 THE City Government of Davao and a teachers group are not in favor of the resumption of face-to-face (F2F) classes next year while the city is still grappling from the Covid-19 pandemic. This came after President Rodrigo Duterte approved on Monday, December 14, the plan of the Department of Education (DepEd) to conduct pilot F2F classes for the whole month of January 2021 in select schools in areas declared as low-risk for coronavirus transmission. Education Secre...

SunStar + December 19, 2020 MORE than 300 passengers were stranded in Cebu ports as of 5 p.m., Friday, Dec. 18, 2020 after the Philippine Coast Guard District Central Visayas halted sea travel in areas under storm signal number 1 as Tropical Depression (TD) Vicky crossed parts of Mindanao. A total of 230 passengers bound for Nasipit, Agusan del Norte, Surigao, and Masbate were stranded at the Cebu Port’s Terminal 1, while 68 passengers bound for Dapitan were stranded in Mainit po...

(PAGASA / MANILA BULLETIN) PAGASA estimated the location of the LPA at 820 kilometers east of Davao City around 3 a.m.  Weather specialist Shelly Ignacio said there is a slim chance that the LPA will intensify into a tropical depression but PAGASA is still not totally eliminating the possibility of intensification. Whether the LPA becomes a tropical depression or not, Ignacio said the weather disturbance may still bring rains as it is anticipated to move across the central part of the Philippi...

Published December 18, 2020, 6:00 AM Various youth groups have been given recognition for going beyond their homes to bridge social gaps during the pandemic. The recognition was bestowed by The Ten Accomplished Youth Organizations (TAYO) Awards Foundation to the top 10 youth groups who went beyond their homes towards communities to help sow a promise of something better. Through relief operations, online webinars, art and poetry support groups, young Filipinos made ways to make 2020 to be a yea...

Cotabato City now officially part of Bangsamoro region Published December 15, 2020 8:57pm COTABATO City —Nearly two years after its residents voted for inclusion through a plebiscite on Jan. 21, 2019, Cotabato City is now officially part of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) following a ceremonial turnover held Tuesday, Dec. 15, in the city. National Secretary of Interior and Local Government Eduardo Año and Interior and Local Government Minister  Naguib Sinar...

Published December 16, 2020, 11:43 AM DAVAO CITY – Cotabato City officially joined the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) on Tuesday, December 15. The turnover of the city came  nearly two years  when the residents of the city voted for its inclusion through a plebiscite held on January 21, 2019. The ceremonial turnover was led by Secretary of the Interior and Local Government Eduardo Año and BARMM’s Interior and Local Government Minister Atty. Naguib Sinarimbo. The ...

House bills filed to extend term of Bangsamoro Transition Authority By ERWIN COLCOL, GMA News Published December 14, 2020 12:19pm At least three measures have already been filed at the House of Representatives seeking to extend the term of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) for three years to allow more time for the full transition to the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). House Special Committee on Peace, Reconciliation, and Unity chair Esmael Mangudadatu o...

Mark Navales/BenarNews The Philippine government formally transferred control of the southern city of Cotabato to an autonomous Muslim region on Tuesday, amid tight security against potential attacks by Islamic State-linked militants. During a ceremony here supporters of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, a former rebel group, shouted “Allahu Akbar” (“God is great”) as Interior Secretary Eduardo Año handed over documents that officially named the southern city as part of ...

Autonomous Bangsamoro Govt Takes Over Cotabato City Residents of Cotabato city joining our govt signify their desire for lasting peace, development, says chief minister. Almost two years after a referendum was held in the southern Philippines, the administration of Cotabato city was formally taken over by the autonomous Bangsamoro government on Tuesday. Al-Hajj Murad Ebrahim, chief minister of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim...