DAVAO CITY – Davao City councilors urged immediate police action, strict accountability, and road safety measures after an alleged illegal drag race caused a fatal crash that killed a young couple on the Davao-Bukidnon Road here. In a privilege speech before the City Council on Tuesday, Aug. 4,...
DAVAO CITY – The peace implementing panels of the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) on Tuesday, Aug. 4, reaffirmed to implement remaining shared commitments under the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB). This signifies the lifting of the temporary pause in the...
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday visited the People’s Ville in Barangay Riverside, Calinan District, Davao City, underscoring the administration’s commitment to providing safe, decent, and affordable homes for Filipino families. The vertical housing project is one of the...
DAVAO CITY – Provinces suspended classes and work in government offices following a magnitude-6.4 earthquake that rocked Southern Mindanao on Wednesday, Aug. 5. The provincial government of Sarangani and city government of General Santos cancelled face-to-face classes on all levels and work in...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Wednesday, Aug. 5, assured the public that there is no tsunami threat to the Philippines following the magnitude 6.4 earthquake that struck off Sarangani, Davao Occidental. “No destructive tsunami threat exists based on...
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck off the coast of Sarangani, Davao Occidental, at 12:14 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 5, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. In its Earthquake Information No. 2, Phivolcs revised the earthquake 's magnitude from the initial...
DAVAO CITY – The Davao City Council urged Davao Light and Power Co. Inc. to secure additional power supply outside the volatile Wholesale Electricity Spot Market, as consumers continue to face high electricity rates despite adequate power reserves in Mindanao. The council approved resolutions...
DAVAO CITY – Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairperson George Garcia on Tuesday assured the public that preparations for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao parliamentary elections remain on track, with the overall peace and order situation described as "manageable."...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) mobilized its field units to ensure accountability in two separate alleged assaults on public school teachers, one of which claimed the life of an educator in Aklan, while another was injured in Davao de Oro. Police Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez Jr., PNP chief,...
DAVAO CITY – Davao City first district Rep. Paolo Duterte welcomed Department of Public Works and Highways Secretary Vince Dizon’s commitment to include the Davao City Flood Master Plan in the proposed 2027 national budget. The lawmaker thanked the DPWH Secretary for the commitment, saying that...
President Marcos has assured residents of flood-hit Davao City that his administration will not abandon them, with Malacañang saying the government has ordered immediate and long-term measures to prevent a repeat of the severe flooding that recently inundated Barangay Bangkal. In a press briefing...
DAVAO CITY – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-Davao said a rare Mindanao bleeding heart pigeon (Gallicolumba crinigera) was sighted at the foothills of the Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary in Davao Oriental on July 29 during a Biodiversity Assessment and...
