DAVAO CITY - Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque announced Friday that Davao City will be placed under Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) starting June 5. In a statement, Roque said the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on Thursday (June 3) has approved to place Davao City under MECQ...
DAVAO CITY - The City Health Office on Wednesday (June 2) said a total of 44 city government workers are now being monitored after they were found positive for Sars-CoV-2. Dr. Ashley Lopez, Acting Head of the City Health Office (CHO) said the city has complete the three-day surveillance swabbing of...
DAVAO CITY – A proposed ordinance is being drafted at the City Council of Davao to penalize the close contacts who refuse to undergo a reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test. Dr. Ashley Lopez, acting head of the City Health Office, told Davao City Disaster Radio (DCDR 87.5)...
Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte Carpio has not yet reached a decision about a potential presidential run in the 2022 elections, Malacañang clarified Thursday. Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte Carpio (File photo/Facebook/Manila Bulletin) According to Presidential spokesman Harry Roque, many people...
DAVAO CITY — The City Government of Davao confirmed Wednesday that it requested the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) to put Davao City under a 25-day Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) beginning June 5 until June 30 after nearly...
DAVAO CITY - At least 10 city government employees working at the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) building here tested positive for the Sars-CoV-2. Mayor Sara Duterte said Monday, May 31, that the employees were among the 327 Davao City government employees who have undergone swab testing. “Nag-swab...
Davao City has officially become the "chocolate capital" of the Philippines under a new law signed by President Duterte. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) Republic Act No. 11547, inked by the President on May 27, also declared the entire Davao Region as the cacao capital of the...
The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) on Thursday, May 27, announced that a bettor from Davao City in Davao del Sur won the P181.6-million jackpot prize for the Megalotto 6/45. (MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) PCSO, in a Facebook post, said that the winner guessed the winning combination...
DAVAO CITY – The intensive care unit (ICU) of the government-run Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients has been fully occupied while the utilization rate of its isolation units has reached critical level as the city grapples with new infections, a...
COVID TEST -- Residents undergo COVID-19 tests as the city government is now conducting surveillance swabbing in Davao City. (Keith Bacongco) DAVAO CITY – Mayor Sara Duterte here said the city government is looking for more swabbers and doctors as the city intensifies its testing to contain the...
Malacanang has denied involvement in the latest movement reportedly pushing for the presidential bid of Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte Carpio in next year's elections. President Rodrigo Duterte and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio pose for a photo while they are surrounded by supporters during...
DAVAO CITY - The Department of Health (DOH) Davao Center for Health Development recorded on Thursday (May 20) 172 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The DOH data shows that 104 of these cases were recorded in Davao City, 28 in Davao del Norte, 26 in Davao de Oro, seven in Davao Oriental,...
