DAVAO CITY – Pwersa ng Pilipinong Pandagat party-list Rep. Harold Duterte has urged fellow lawmakers to investigate the activities and outcomes funded by the government’s confidential and intelligence allocations. “I am calling on my fellow legislators, especially those sitting in the...
DAVAO CITY – The Davao City Police Office condemned the recent bomb threats targeting schools here, all of which were confirmed to be false alarms following inspection and clearing operations by the City Explosive and Canine Unit. In an official statement on Thursday, Oct. 23, acting DCPO...
DAVAO CITY – The Department of Tourism-11 is closely monitoring the tourism situation in the Davao region, particularly Davao Oriental, a key coastal tourism area, following the recent doublet earthquakes. DOT-11 Regional Director Tanya Rabat-Tan, during the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and...
DAVAO CITY – The Davao City Council, during its 15th regular session on Tuesday, Oct. 21, passed on third and final reading an ordinance institutionalizing the establishment, operation, and maintenance of a comprehensive Multi Hazard Early Warning System (MHEWS) here. The Committee on...
DAVAO CITY – Two bomb threats rocked this city on Wednesday, Oct. 22. The first bomb threat was reported at around 10:20 a.m. at the Davao Wisdom Academy on F. Torres St., Barangay 19-B. The Davao City Police Office said they received a call from Central 911 about an alleged bomb inside the...
DAVAO CITY – The 21st Davao City Council approved on Tuesday, Oct. 21, an ordinance under suspended rules authorizing acting Davao City Mayor Sebastian Duterte to utilize a portion of the city’s Quick Response Fund as financial aid to areas in Cebu recently struck by a magnitude-6.9 earthquake....
DAVAO CITY – Davao City Representatives Paolo Duterte and his son Omar Vincent Duterte have filed House Bill No. 5645 – Value-Added Tax Social Transfer for Indigent Citizens Act of 2025 – to ease the economic burden on the country’s poorest families. According to the Dutertes, HB No. 5645...
DAVAO CITY – The Provincial Health Office of Davao Oriental and the Health Emergency Operations Center have ramped up water, sanitation, and hygiene (Wash) operations to ensure safe water and sanitation in earthquake-hit areas. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Reden Bersaldo underscored the...
DAVAO CITY – The Archdiocese of Davao expects 20,000 to 30,000 Catholics to join their first significant protest action against corruption – the Archdiocesan Penitential Walk and Holy Sacrifice of the Mass – on Saturday morning, Oct. 25, in Davao City. Speaking before the Davao Peace and...
DAVAO CITY – Authorities are on the fourth day of search and retrieval operations for the couple who went missing after a section of the Bukidnon-Davao highway collapsed due to a landslide on Saturday, Oct. 18. The landslide in Sitio Kipoloto, Barangay Palapacao, Quezon town, Bukidnon province,...
Authorities on Wednesday, Oct. 22, confirmed one more fatality from the doublet earthquakes that shook Manay, Davao Oriental two weeks ago, bringing the death toll to 10. A report from the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) revealed that all 10 fatalities were recorded...
The San Juan City government has allocated P1,000,000 as financial aid for the province of Davao Oriental after powerful earthquakes rocked the region earlier in October, San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora said on Tuesday, Oct. 21. According to Zamora, the aid was made possible through its City...
