Mayor Sara Z. Duterte on Tuesday urged former New People’s Army (NPA) leader Ariane Jane Ochate Ramos alias Marikit to be a good mother and raise God-fearing, kind, and humble children, one of whom just became the chief executive’s godson. Duterte accepted a request to be a godparent of Amir Vlad Paglaum Ramos, the son of the former secretary of Guerrilla Front 55, Sub-Regional Committee 5, Southern Mindanao Regional Committee. “It is a great honor to be chosen as a godparent of Amir Vlad Paglaum Ramos, the daughter of Ariane Ramos who used to be in the mountains and fighting
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte expressed hope that the next elected chief executive will also improve his hometown’s Davao International Airport. In his prerecorded Talk to the People aired Tuesday night, Duterte described Davao International Airport as “not as beautiful” as the “most-scenic airport” in Bicol and not even half of the newly rehabilitated and expanded General Santos Airport. Duterte recalled his order to put Davao City last on the priority list for government infrastructure projects. “Noong unang meeting dito sa Cabinet, sinabi ko naman talaga sa kanila na unahin ninyo yung ibang lugar, ipahuli ninyo ang Davao kasi taga riyan
The Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (CMD) announced on Wednesday it has officially adopted former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. as its presidential candidate and confirmed Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte as its vice presidential candidate for the 2022 elections. During the Lakas-CMD’s Executive Committee (Execom) virtual meeting, the party adopted Resolution No. 09, Series of 2021 confirming and affirming the nomination of Duterte as Lakas-CMD’s official candidate for vice president, as well as Resolution No. 10, Series of 2021 formalizing the party’s adoption of Marcos, standard-bearer of the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP), as Duterte’s presidential running mate. “Resolved as it
The bishop of the Metropolitan of the Ancient Apostolic and Catholic Church of the East Inc., clarified that the services provided by one of their priests are part of missionary duties. “The masses and funeral services that he rendered to the people are part of the missionary endeavors that the Church is trying to respond to the religious needs of the people,” Bishop Mar-Shimmun Artemus Bar Kepha said in a letter to Novaliches Bishop Roberto Gaa dated Nov. 20. The bishop added that they serve the people in the slums who cannot afford such services in Roman Catholic parishes. “We
Malacañang has welcomed the Supreme Court (SC) decision to dismiss a petition seeking to compel President Rodrigo Duterte to defend national territory, including the West Philippine Sea against China incursions. The SC voted unanimously to junk the petition for mandamus filed by lawyer Romeo Esmero for “utter lack of merit”. “We welcome the decision of the Supreme Court dismissing the petition for mandamus filed against President Rodrigo Roa Duterte,” said Cabinet Secretary and Acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles on Wednesday. Mandamus is “a special civil action brought by an aggrieved party against a tribunal, corporation, board, officer or person unlawfully
Some two centenarians in separate remote indigenous villages here have availed of the late birth registration service offered by the provincial government through its “Barangayan Serbisyo Caravan” program. James Labiano, the focal person of the “Serbisyo Caravan,” said Wednesday the program aims to bring government services to the periphery of the community, particularly the indigenous peoples (IPs), to provide access to government services. On Tuesday, Apo Sabas, a 116-year-old member of the Bagobo Tagabawa-Matagsilog IP community, was able to process his birth registration through the personnel of the Municipal Civil Registry Office and the Philippine Statistics Authority who joined the
