SEAFOOD sold at the Bankerohan Market in Davao City. The Kilusang Mayo Uno has proposed legislation that would set the family living wage at P1,100 to enable workers to have the capacity to purchase basic needs. (Keith Bacongco) DAVAO CITY – A progressive organization said the P16 minimum wage...
CHUA (FB) DAVAO CITY – Department of the Interior and Local Government Secretary Benhur Abalos Jr. has assured the family of slain trader Yvonette Plaza here that the police will do their best to bring the perpetrators to justice. Abalos held a dialogue with the victim's family on Friday, Jan. 6,...
DAVAO CITY – The Davao region will see more investments in 2023 following efforts to expedite recovery from the impact of the pandemic that has crippled the local economy in the past two years, the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA)-Davao said. In her report on the Davao region’s...
SILO (center). (PTV Davao) DAVAO CITY (PNA) – Three generals and twenty-two colonels from the Police Regional Office in Davao region (PRO-11) tendered their resignation on Friday, Jan. 6, supporting the Department of Interior and Local Government's (DILG) effort to weed out scalawags. In an...
DAVAO CITY – The National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) 8th Division has ruled in favor of the seven delivery riders here who filed a complaint against Foodpanda Philippines Inc. for illegal dismissal. In a 19-page decision dated Dec. 7, 2022 released on Wednesday, Jan. 4, the NLRC said the...
DAVAO CITY – The National Economic Development Authority said 8,175 workers were retrenched in the Davao region last year due to the pandemic. NEDA-Davao said the number of retrenched workers in 2022 was lower by 31.1 percent compared to the 11,871 in 2021. NEDA-Davao Director Maria Lourdes Lim...
Two lucky bettors from Davao City, Davao del Sur and Tacloban City, Leyte were able to hit the jackpot prize for Ultra Lotto 6/58 worth P521,275,111.60 in the evening draw of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) on Friday, Dec. 30. Courtesy of Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office The...
DAVAO CITY (PNA) – Vice President Sara Z. Duterte has called on the youth to emulate how national hero Dr. Jose Rizal lived his life in the service of the Filipino. VICE President Sara Z. Duterte leads the commemoration of Rizal Day in Davao City. (Davao City government FB) Duterte exhorted the...
(PHIVOLCS) A 5.5-magnitude earthquake rocked Davao Oriental and neighboring areas on Thursday evening, Dec. 29, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). Phivolcs said the quake struck 37 kilometers southeast of Governor Generoso, Davao Oriental around 9:13 p.m. It...
Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte has facilitated the early payout of salaries for his office's Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers or TUPAD program beneficiaries. (Mari Gimenez/ Unsplash) Duterte did so that he could ensure a happier celebration of the holidays...
DAVAO CITY – It is a blissful holiday season for the indigenous people of Sitio Panaga in Barangay Colosas, Paquibato District, here as they finally have access to a basic water system after several years of struggling with water scarcity. Apo Agua Infrastuctura Inc. (Apo Agua) and the Davao City...
DAVAO CITY – Three persons were reported missing in a landslide in Barangay Don Salvador Lopez in Mati City, Davao Oriental on Wednesday, Dec. 28. Authorities identified the missing as Jethro Paglanson Quilat, 14-years-old; Roberto Pelaez Ampo, 52-years-old; and John Gel Paglanson Casaligan,...
