Day: September 19, 2024

BULUAN, Maguindanao del Sur – Authorities have identified several “persons of interest” in connection with the broad daylight killing of Councilor Mohammad Usman Alamada on Tuesday afternoon. ‘We are looking into a personal grudge as a possible motive, as he may have had a misunderstanding with someone that led to this incident,’ Capt. Cemafranco Cemacio, the town’s police chief, said in an interview Thursday. Alamada, 59, was at his family-owned roadside restaurant in Barangay Poblacion around 3 p.m. when a black car without license plates arrived. A man armed with an assault rifle stepped out and opened fire on Alamada,

BACOLOD CITY – Seven villages will vie for the grand prize of PHP1 million in the street and arena dance competition during the highlights of the 45th MassKara Festival slated from Oct. 11 to 27. Bacolod Yuhum Foundation director for culture and arts Kuster Cadagat said this year’s number of contingents is lower than the 10 last year, emphasizing quality over quantity. Among the seven competing groups is the defending champion Barangay Granada. Cadagat noted, though, that at least 12 barangays expressed their intention to join, some of them failed to liquidate the financial assistance from the city government last

DAVAO CITY – The Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) led a delegation of business leaders and private sector representatives to the 4th Philippines-Singapore Business and Investment Summit (PSBIS) in Singapore on Thursday, aiming to attract investments that could fuel Mindanao’s economic growth. MinDA Secretary Leo Tereso Magno, the event’s key resource speaker, highlighted “Investment and Business Opportunities in Mindanao” during his presentation alongside other officials and business leaders from the Philippines and Singapore. ‘We are honored to facilitate the participation of Mindanao’s private sector in this pivotal summit, which serves as a platform to promote Mindanao while fostering strategic partnerships with

BACOLOD CITY-The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) filed complaints for disobedience and direct assault against leaders and members of transport groups who held a rally without a permit and injured police officers along Lacson St. on Wednesday. The respondents belong to the Bacolod Alliance of Commuters Operators and Drivers Inc. (Bacod)-Manibela, Kabacod Negros Transport Organization (Knetco), and United Negros Drivers and Operator Center-Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng Tsuper at Operator Nationwide (Undoc-Piston). These groups protested they were not invited to the private group-organized Visayas Public Transportation Modernization Program Summit and the Philippine Commercial Vehicle Show and attempted to enter the

SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique – The 12 multipurpose cooperatives (MPCs) here in Antique province will assist the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in conducting financial literacy training likewise to open their point of service machines or automated teller machines (ATM) during payouts for members of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). DSWD, represented by Regional Director Carmelo Nochete and 4Ps Division Chief Belen Gebusion, signed an agreement with officials of the MPCs of Barbaza, Belison, Bugasong, Dao, Hamtic, Libertad, Magdalena, Pandan, Patnongon, San Jose de Buenavista, and Valderrama and the Casay Credit Cooperative in a ceremony at