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DAVAO CITY – Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio here bared Monday that there are still people, including a high-ranking official of her father’s administration, pressing her to run for president despite her firm stance that she is not running for the highest position in the country.

DAVAO CITY – Newly elected Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc. (DCCCII) president Maria Lourdes Monteverde said the Mindanao Railway Project (MRP) will enhance the role of this city as the premier commercial hub and center for education and health services in Mindanao.

DAVAO CITY – Department of Health (DOH)-Davao Director Annabelle Yumang said the agency has identified 18,656 health care workers in the hospitals across the region who need to get inoculated with COVID-19 vaccines.

DAVAO CITY – Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, who earlier refused to get vaccinated with China’s COVID-19 Sinovac vaccine, said Friday that he will receive the vaccines developed by the British drugmaker AstraZeneca.

DAVAO CITY – The 18.50-kilometer Davao City Coastal Road Project of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) will have bicycle lanes measuring about two meters in width, affording cyclists a view of the majestic Davao Gulf once it opens to the public.

Transportation Assistant Secretary Eymard Eje said the government is eyeing partial operability of the diesel-operated 102-kilometer Tagum City-Davao City-Digos City (TDD) segment of the Mindanao Railway Project by March 2022.

DAVAO CITY – The city government of Davao has launched the Safe Davao QR (DQR) mobile application which is equipped with a new feature that notifies an individual that he is “blocked” from entering business establishments or private offices for testing positive for COVID-19.

DAVAO CITY – Davao City Health Office (CHO) acting head Dr. Ashley Lopez revealed Wednesday that the city government may also receive a supply of COVID-19 vaccines manufactured by the US-based Novavax Inc. and Serum Institute of India.

DAVAO CITY – Mayor Sara Duterte remains apprehensive about downgrading the quarantine status of Davao City from general community quarantine (GCQ) to modified GCQ (MGCQ), saying that bringing COVID-19 cases down in the previous months was not easy.

DAVAO CITY – Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio here has told supporters to refrain from organizing motorcades to urge her to join the presidential race next year because it “pollutes the air” and can “worsen the global warming.”

DAVAO CITY – Mayor Sara Duterte revealed that the city government has procured 30,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines from the British firm AstraZeneca that will arrive in the city in tranches starting third quarter of this year.

DAVAO CITY – Davao City Health Office (CHO) acting head Dr. Ashley Lopez confirmed that at least 49 cases of COVID-19 have been reported out of the 105 wards swabbed at the Davao City Children’s Village or “Bahay Pagasa,” a temporary shelter of the local government for the children in conflict with the law (CICL).

DAVAO CITY – The 10-year-old boy who is the first confirmed case of the UK variant of COVID-19 here has not travelled outside the city while his family has no known exposure to foreigners, Davao City Health Office (CHO) head Dr. Ashley Lopez said.

DAVAO CITY – The City of Davao will need to vaccinate a total of 531,673 individuals who comprise the local government’s priority sector in its coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination program, Davao City Health Office (CHO) acting head Dr. Ashley Lopez said on Tuesday.

The local government of Davao has opened the registration for individuals, aged 18 years old and above, who wish to enlist for the free COVID-19 immunization.

DAVAO CITY – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is set to open the first section of the 18.50-kilometer Davao City Coastal Road to motorists and cyclists this month.

DAVAO CITY – The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has lifted the advisory it issued against Hoton Retail and Services Inc. in September 2020 after both parties entered into a settlement agreement.

DAVAO CITY – The City Government of Davao has rolled out seven fully-air conditioned bus units of the Davao Metro Shuttle Corp. to jumpstart the first route of the city’s Interim Bus System (IBS) starting Friday.