More than 6,000 children, vendors, and village workers in Davao City received "pamasko packs" from Vice President Sara Duterte. (Photo courtesy of OVP) The Office of the Vice President (OVP) said Duterte attended the gift-giving activities for various sectors on Monday, Dec. 26. A total of 669...
Elizabeth Zimmerman's Christmas celebration this year was memorable one. CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION--Vice President Sara Duterte Carpio, Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte, and Davao City Mayor Sebastian Duterte find time out from their busy schedules to celebrate Christmas with their mother,...
Devotees of the Nuestro Padre Jesus Nazareno (Black Nazarene) in Davao City have announced the resumption of all activities related to the feast of the Traslacion of the revered image on Jan. 9. Black Nazarene (Quiapo Church) "As the situation here in our city has slowly returned to pre-pandemic...
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte on Wednesday, Dec. 21, expressed admiration to the doctors and frontliners during the Covid-19 pandemic, acknowledging the risks they took to serve their patients. Vice President Sara Duterte during the Davao Regional Medical Center and Resident...
FORMER President Duterte (right), with Sen. Bong Go, visits a young cancer patient in Davao City on Tuesday. (Sen. Bong Go FB) DAVAO CITY (PNA) – Former President Duterte distributed Christmas gifts to children with cancer at the Southern Philippines Medical Center-Children Cancer Institute...
A soon-to-rise innovation center of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) in Davao City will offer more opportunities and skills training programs in the region once it is completed, the agency's top official assured on Wednesday, Dec. 21. (Photo courtesy of TESDA) On his...
The plan of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to turn the Port of Davao into a new logistics and investment hub in Southeast Asia is moving closer to reality after the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) has approved the creation of a technical working group. Port of Davao District Collector...
IMAGE from DOT-Davao region FB DAVAO CITY – The municipality of Santa Cruz, Davao del Sur will host the Mount Apo Sky and Vertical Race from Dec. 16 to 18 where around 300 runners from 20 countries are expected to scale the country’s highest peak. Municipal tourism officer Julius Paner said...
DAVAO CITY – The national government was urged to transfer the ownership of the dilapidated Santa Ana Port to the city government of Davao which plans to establish a Marina Development and Commercial Complex that will position the facility as a center point of this city’s tourism development....
(PHIVOLCS) A 5.6-magnitude earthquake jolted Davao Oriental and neighboring areas early Saturday morning, Dec. 10, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). Phivolcs said the quake struck 51 kilometers southeast of Governor Generoso, Davao Oriental around 4:01 a.m. It...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is seeking solution to ease the high electricity rates afflicting consumers in various Davao provinces. This has been the focus of the continuing caravan of the ERC, which is scrutinizing the power supply agreements (PSAs) of the distribution utilities with...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said Friday, Dec. 9, that it was seeking to improve public participation in government accountability by holding town meetings. Photo by Davao del Sur Provincial Information Office The DILG Davao Region (Region 11) recently held the "Dagyaw...
