DAVAO CITY – Despite online criticism that Davao City’s first district continues to suffer from flooding, long-time Bangkal and Matina Aplaya coastal and riverside residents said seawalls and other flood control projects have reduced the problem in their areas. Fifty-year-old fisherman Jarin...
DAVAO CITY – Davao content creator Crist Briand Oncada, popularly known as Crist Briand and Brader, publicly apologized to the Muslim community on Wednesday, Sept. 10, following an offensive online post. “I sincerely apologize for the post I made, which offended Muslim community members,”...
A Davao City councilor urged the City Council to support measures allowing the City Library to operate 24 hours a day and grant incentives to internet cafés willing to open round-the-clock to provide safe and supervised learning spaces for students. Councilor Danilo Dayanghirang, chairman of the...
The Davao City Council passed a resolution supporting World Physical Therapy Day 2025 on Tuesday, Sept. 9, underscoring the vital role of physical therapists in preventive, curative, and rehabilitative health care. In a privilege speech, Councilor Lorenzo Villafuerte, chairman of the Committee on...
DAVAO CITY – The Sangguniang Kabataan Federation president here denounced on Tuesday, Sept. 9, a social media post by a local vlogger that used the phrase “Looking for Baboy na Halal,” calling it offensive, misleading, and disrespectful to the Muslim community. In a privilege speech,...
DAVAO CITY – Davao City first district Rep. Paolo Duterte called on government officials on Wednesday, Sept. 10, to be transparent about alleged ghost flood control projects, warning that taxpayers across the country deserve accountability for every peso spent. “We, Davaoeños, are taxpayers,...
DAVAO CITY – A councilor has proposed the creation of an organization of city-based content creators that will support and regulate online activities following the insensitive remark of social media content creator Crist Briand Oncada on halal that went viral recently. Speaking at the...
A Davao City councilor is eyeing an ordinance to strengthen safeguards for cooperatives, following the controversy surrounding the Agdao Multi-Purpose Cooperative, which has put the savings of more than 58,000 members at risk. Councilor Al Ryan Alejandre, chairman of the Committee on Cooperative...
DAVAO CITY – The Davao City government and a popular fastfood company on Tuesday inked a memorandum of agreement for a work opportunity program for senior citizens here. Assistant floor leader and head of the Committee on Housing, Rural, and Urban Development (Socialized Housing Projects),...
DAVAO CITY – Davao City first district Rep. Paolo Duterte on Tuesday, Sept. 9, slammed the House infrastructure committee for diverting their investigation on anomalous flood control projects to the P51-billion infrastructure allocation for his district during the term of his father former...
DAVAO CITY – At least 500 residents of Barangay 14-B here received free healthcare services during the Pulong-Pulong ni Pulong Medical Mission on Monday, Sept. 8. The outreach program, organized by Davao City first district Rep. Paolo Duterte, deployed doctors and health workers who provided...
DAVAO CITY – Davao City second district Rep. Omar Vincent Duterte denounced on Thursday night, Sept. 4, the persistent corruption within the Department of Public Works and Highways and called on all contractors to become partners in reform. Duterte made the call before members of the Philippine...
