DAVAO CITY – Apo Agua Infrastructura Inc. (Apo Agua) bas stepped up construction of the P12-billion Davao City Bulk Water Supply Project (DCBWSP) which is expected to provide residents here with new and sustainable water supply by the first quarter of 2023. It has deployed several experienced...
The powerful Commission on Appointments (CA) confirmed today the appointment of Mylene Garcia-Albano, a three-term Davao city congresswoman, as the first Philippine woman ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Japan. The CA, during its plenary session presided by Senate President Juan...
By ANTONIO L. COLINA IV DAVAO CITY – A total of 2,541 vacancies are available to job applicants during the two-day Tourism Job Fair from Sept. 22 to 23 at the Abreeza Mall, an official of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-Davao said Wednesday, Sept. 21. Paul Cruz, chief of...
DAVAO CITY (PNA) – A 19-year-old criminology student of the University of Mindanao (UM) died after reportedly undergoing hazing in Buhangin District here, authorities said Tuesday, Sept. 20. In a statement, the Police Regional Office in Davao Region (PRO-11) said the hazing on Sept. 18 resulted...
DAVAO CITY – A Davao City-based environmental group Interfacing Development Interventions for Sustainability (IDIS) said that big corporations and manufacturers have done nothing substantial to address plastic wastes at source. Volunteers recovered 1,159 of assorted wastes during a brand audit...
DAVAO CITY – Environmental groups have pushed for the declaration of the Mounts Makabol-Alikoson Conservation Area (MMACA) in Barangay Salaysay, Marilog District, here as a critical habitat due to the threat of logging activities and expansion of agricultural lands. MMACA is a home to the...
DAVAO CITY – The City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) said on Thursday, Sept. 17, that the sanitary landfill in Barangay New Carmen, Tugbok here will only last until next year. CENRO head Engr. Marivic Reyes said different interventions undertaken extended the lifespan of the...
Independent minority solon, Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman publicly complimented Vice President Sara Duterte for seeing eye-to-eye with him on the topic of devolution of functions from the national government to the local government. Albay 1st district Rep . Edcel Lagman (left) and Vice...
DAVAO CITY – Establishments in this city have been urged to strictly enforce the mandatory wearing of face masks in indoor and other enclosed spaces. Dr. Michelle Schlosser, spokesperson for local task force on coronavirus disease (Covid-19), said the transmission of the infection is more likely...
Even Davao City doesn't have the means to solve its local problem on classroom shortage. Vice President Sara Duterte (Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) Vice President and concurrent Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sara Duterte made this admission Wednesday, Sept. 14 as she tried to describe...
ISULAN, Sultan Kudarat – Police on Saturday, Sept. 10, arrested a mayor from Maguindanao who is facing murder charges in a hotel in Davao City. DOCTORS attend to Mayor Khadafe Mangudadatu (in bed) of Pandag, Maguindanao in a hospital where he was taken for difficulty in breathing after he was...
DAVAO CITY – Additional buses are ready to be deployed for commuters stranded during peak hours due to the insufficient number of public utility jeepneys (PUJs) here. Dionisio Abude, head of the City Transportation and Traffic Management Office (CTTMO), said that operators have been given special...
