DAVAO CITY – Former President Rodrigo Duterte called on his successor, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., to uphold fairness in the May elections. DUTERTE (FB) “In this upcoming election, I hope that the President (Marcos), if he hears me, will give us a fair shake, ensuring a level playing...
Pangil, the Philippines’ largest saltwater crocodile since Lolong who passed away 12 years ago in 2013, died of cancer on Saturday, Jan. 25, the Davao Crocodile Park and Zoo in Davao City announced. PANGIL (FB) It said in a Facebook post on Thursday that Pangil peacefully passed away due to...
DAVAO CITY – Davao City first district Rep. Paolo Z. Duterte celebrated the Feast of the Santo Niño or Child Jesus with the people of Purok 6 Pag-asa, Bankerohan, Barangay 5-A, this city, on Monday morning, Jan. 20. REP. Duterte Rep. Duterte was accompanied by son, Rodrigo “Rigo”...
DAVAO CITY – Months after this city was filled with tension over the search for Pastor Apollo Quiboloy, Davao City was ranked the third safest in Southeast Asia in the 2024 Numbeo Safety Index with a safety index of 72.5. A ELECTION checkpoint in Davao City implemented by the local police. (DCPO...
DAVAO CITY – Davao City third district Rep. Isidro Ungab maintained on Monday, Jan. 20, that the observed discrepancies in the bicameral conference committee report on the 2025 national budget are not fake news and emphasized the blank items in the annual expenditure. A copy of the report was...
DAVAO CITY – Netizens here disputed the findings of the TomTom Traffic Index that traffic in this city is heavier than in Manila. TRAFFIC in Davao City during Christmas in 2022. (Keith Bacongco) They admitted traffic congestion here but asserted that it is significantly lighter than the...
DAVAO CITY – Authorities intercepted smuggled cigarettes valued at P9.8 million in a checkpoint here on Jan. 16. AUTHORITIES inspect smuggled cigarettes seized in a checkpoint in Davao City on Jan. 16. (PNP) The Police Regional Office-11 said authorities flagged down a wing van with...
DAVAO CITY – Former President Rodrigo Duterte thanked the Iglesia ni Cristo led by Executive Minister Eduardo Manalo for holding the National Rally for Peace on Monday, Jan. 13. “I would like to thank Ka Eduardo Manalo and the INC for organizing and mobilizing its members in today's Prayer...
DAVAO CITY – The Davao City Police Office reported that 320,000 members of the Iglesia ni Cristo from Mindanao participated in the National Rally for Peace on Monday afternoon, Jan. 13, at the San Pedro Square here. MORE than 300,000 members of the Iglesia ni Cristo from Mindanao participate at...
The city government announced on Thursday afternoon, Jan. 9, that face-to-face classes on levels in Davao City are suspended on Jan. 13 due to the National Rally for Peace by the Iglesia ni Cristo. The city government issued Proclamation No. 1, Series of 2025, suspending classes and mandating a...
DAVAO CITY – The Davao City Police Office announced that 333 personnel from the Station Drugs Enforcement Unit and Intelligence Section tested negative for illegal drugs in a random drug test conducted by the Police Regional Office-11 on Jan. 2. Acting DCPO chief Police Col. Hansel...
DAVAO CITY – Rep. Paolo Duterte of the first congressional district here revealed his accomplishment for 2024 on Tuesday, Jan. 7. Duterte distributed 35,457 food packs with containers, another 18,462 food packs, and 10,087 packed lunches to underserved communities. His office fulfilled 232...