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...
DAVAO CITY – Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte here said the city government would only adopt the optional wearing of face masks outdoors as recommended by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) nationwide if there is data showing that it would not...
DAVAO CITY — A notice to proceed was issued on Thursday, Sept. 1, to the Chinese contractor of the highly anticipated Samal Island-Davao City (SIDC) connector project, an official of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said. DPWH Undersecretary Emil Sadain said that a geotechnical...
DAVAO CITY – Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte here wants every investment in Paquibato District carefully assessed to prevent the displacement and exploitation of the Lumad people from their ancestral domain. DAVAO City Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte (left). Atty. Jonah Presto, focal...
DAVAO CITY – Rep. Paolo Z. Duterte of the First District of this city has expressed his wish for the quick ratification of a bill that seeks to protect the rights of independent contractors, whose numbers are anticipated to skyrocket as the nation moves toward a digital economy. Rep. Duterte and...
DAVAO CITY – The Office of the Consulate General of China here is awaiting the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) decision on the date of the groundbreaking of the P19-billion Samal Island-Davao City Connector Project. CONSUL General Li Lin Consul General Li Lin said the DPWH will be...
DAVAO CITY – The city government will no longer resort to putting establishments under lockdown to control the transmission of infections in the event of another Covid-19 surge, an official of the Davao City Task Force on Covid-19 said. Dr. Michelle Schlosser, task force spokesperson, reiterated...
SAN CARLOS CITY, Pangasinan – Police arrested Friday, Aug. 26, in Barangay PNR Site here a man wanted for attempted murder in Davao City. The Pangasinan Police Provincial Office identified the suspect as Delmar Capuyan of Purok 1, Barangay Lubogan, Toril, Davao City. Police said Capuyan had been...
DAVAO CITY – Mayor Sebastian Duterte is hoping that the national government approves the P3-billion funding for a waste-to-energy (WTE) project here. DAVAO City Mayor Sebastian Duterte. (FB) Duterte said the city government may consider other ways to manage the solid waste problem if the project...
The military’s fight against communist insurgency made a huge leap after Davao Occidental was officially declared as an “insurgency-free” province while 251 rebel-returnees in Bukidnon received financial aid amounting to P11.8 million on Thursday, August 18. Davao Occidental is declared an...
DAVAO CITY (PNA) – The Army 10th Infantry Division (ID) has formally declared Davao Occidental as insurgency-free during a ceremony in Malita, Davao Occidental Thursday, Aug. 18. MAP of the Philippines with Davao Occidental highlighted. Major Gen. Nolasco Mempin, Army 10th ID commander, said the...
DAVAO CITY (PNA) – At least 126 people were downed by a diarrhea outbreak in Barangay Napungas, Asuncion, Davao del Norte, an official said Thursday, Aug. 18. WATER containers are prepared for distribution to residents after a diarrhea outbreak in Barangay Napungas, Asuncion Davao del Norte....
