MinDA, Dinagat Islands forge partnership to boost economic dev’t

DAVAO CITY – The Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) and the Dinagat Islands provincial government signed a memorandum of cooperation (MoC) lately to establish economic zones (EZs) in the province.

Caltex and AMCHAM foundation sustain support for Typhoon Odette victims in Surigao City

MORE than seven months after Super Typhoon Odette made landfall on the Northern tip of Mindanao, residents have yet to get fully back on their feet.

Dinagat province gets marine hatchery project

CEBU - President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law the Republic Act 11736 establishing a multispecies marine hatchery in the town of Basilisa in Dinagat province.

Cebu among areas getting US aid

CEBU – Washington said it is providing - through the U.S. Agency for International Development – additional P17.5 million ($350,000) to support ecosystem and community recovery and this brings the total U.S. government aid for Typhoon Odette relief and recovery efforts to nearly P1.1 billion ($21.54 million). 

Cult leader Ruben Ecleo is dead

CEBU CITY – Murder convict and cult leader Ruben Ecleo Jr died of cardiac arrest at the New Bilibid Prison more than week after returning from a private hospital in Manila, according to the Bureau of Corrections.