DAVAO CITY – First Congressional District Rep. Paolo “Pulong” Duterte has consistently demonstrated a solid commitment to enhancing the well-being of the people he served, as shown in his accomplishments in his first year as a second termer in the House of Representatives (HOR). The lawmaker...
DAVAO CITY – The opening of the first segment of the P33.772-billion Davao City Coastal Road will not only address the growing concern of traffic congestion but it also will further drive the economic growth of this city, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Saturday, July 1. PRESIDENT Ferdinand...
DAVAO CITY – Police reported the arrest of two drug pushers and the seizure of 1.140-kilograms of shabu with an estimated value of P18.2 million around 4 p.m. on Sunday, June 25, in a joint checkpoint of the police and Task Force Davao in Barangay Sirawan, Toril District, here. In a text...
DAVAO CITY – Classes were disrupted at the Santa Ana Elementary School in Poblacion District here after receiving a bomb threat on Thursday morning, June 22, authorities said. Police Capt. Hazel Tuazon, spokesperson for the Davao City Police Office, said in a text message that the Santa Ana...
DAVAO CITY – An environmental group lambasted the Department of Public Works and Highways-Davao region, calling its drainage improvement project on Dacudao Ave. in this city a “waste of time, funds, and resources.” THE Department of Public Works and Highways' drainage improvement project is...
DAVAO CITY – Police arrested a 70-year-old woman after she allegedly killed her house help and later left her body on the street at Deca Homes Subdivision in Barangay Cabantian here on Sunday, June 18. The Davao City Police Office identified the victim as Shiela Han-ay Lagsaway, 29, from Don...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) announced on Friday, June 16, that it has finished a total of 1.3 kilometers of tunnel civil works for the mountain tunnel component of the Davao City Bypass Construction Project. *(Courtesy of DPWH) * This means that the DPWH successfully...
Vice President Sara Duterte has invited His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah of Brunei Darussalam to visit the Philippines. (From left) Vice President Sara Duterte meets Brunei Crown Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah on Monday, June 12, 2023. (Photo from Inday Sara/Twitter) In a...
DAVAO CITY – Police are still investigating the alleged abduction of Kent Laurence Metegreto Espinosa and Dennis Roy P. Panzan, two suspects in the rape and murder of 28-year-old architect and engineer Vlance Marie L. Bragas last month. BRAGAS Police Major Catherine dela Rey, Davao City Police...
DAVAO CITY – Fresh from winning the 2022 Philippine Cacao Quality Awards (PCQA), three cacao farmers from this city will represent the Philippines in the 2023 International Cocoa Awards at the Salon du Chocolat in Paris, France. Department of Agriculture Regional Executive Director Abel James I....
DAVAO CITY – The Davao City Police Office (DCPO) has no suspects yet in the murder of 28-year-old architect and engineer Vlanche Marie Bragas in Calinan District here on May 17. BRAGAS DCPO chief Police Col. Alberto Lupaz admitted that the Special Investigation Task Force (SITG) Bragas still faces...
DAVAO CITY – A business leader announced that airlines Cathay Pacific and Xiamen Air plan to revive direct flights from Davao International Airport (DIA) to Hong Kong and Jinjiang, China in the second half of this year. THE Davao International Airport in 2018. (Wikipedia) Arturo Milan, co-chair of...