What a good 'boi' -- Coast Guard Working Dog "Appa" searches for landslide survivors with responders in Brgy. Masara, Maco, Davao de Oro. (Photo by Philippine Coast Guard) A dog is not only a man's best friend, at times it is also its savior. Such is the case for "Appa", a Philippine Coast Guard...
Brig. Gen. Felix Ronnie Babac, commander of the 1001st Infantry "Pag-asa" Brigade, speaks at an online press conference on Feb. 10, 2024 to give updates on the search and rescue efforts in the landslide-hit Brgy. Masara, Maco, Davao de Oro. (Screenshot) High-tech military equipment were dispatched...
DAVAO CITY – The massive landslide that hit Barangay Masara, Maco, Davao de Oro was not the first and may not be the last. A SMALL-scale mining community in Pantukan, Davao de Oro. (Keith Bacongco) The lure of gold has drawn not just giant mining firms in the mineral-rich province of Davao de Oro...
DAVAO CITY – The Department of Agrarian Reform has granted more than 90,000 Certificates of Land Ownership Award (CLOA) in the Davao region since President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. assumed office in 2022. DAR-Davao chief Eugene P. Follante said they have issued 91,775 e-titles or CLOA to Agrarian...
DAVAO CITY – Vice President Sara Z. Duterte visited on Friday, February 9, landslide victims in Davao de Oro province. VICE President Sara Duterte visits landslide victims in Davao de Oro on Friday, February 9. (Inday Sara Duterte FB) Duterte first visited Barangay Masara in Maco and...
DAVAO CITY – Responders hope to find more survivors after a three-year girl was rescued on Friday, February 9, three days after the landslide in Barangay Masara in Maco, Davao de Oro. RESPONDERS conduct search and rescue operations in Maco, Davao de Oro, on February 7. ( Office of the Provincial...
Three-year-old Chin-Chin Malacaste is found alive by search and rescue personnel on Feb. 9, 2024 in Barangay Masara, Maco, Davao de Oro after sixty hours of being trapped underground following a landslide on Feb. 6. (Photo by Provincial Government of Davao de Oro / Facebook) (Updated) Sixty hours....
DAVAO CITY – A young girl was rescued from last Tuesday's landslide in Maco, Davao de Oro, on Friday morning, February 9. RESPONDERS conduct search and rescue operations in Maco, Davao de Oro, on February 7. (Armed Forces of the Philippines-Eastern Mindanao Command/AFP) The Provincial...
DAVAO CITY – Almost 5,000 families here affected by flooding caused by the trough of a low-pressure area received relief assistance from Davao City Rep. Paolo "Pulong" Duterte on Thursday, February 8. DAVAO City Rep. Paolo Duterte's office distributes aid to flood victims in Davao City....
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) Are politics getting in the way of the distribution of aid or "ayuda" in the disaster-stricken Davao region? Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co bared in a "teleradyo" interview...
DAVAO CITY – Responders are racing against time on Thursday, Feb. 8, to find more survivors in the massive landslide that hit Barangay Masara, Maco, Davao de Oro on Tuesday night, Feb. 6. SOLDIERS retrieve a landslide fatality in Barangay Masara, Maco, Davao de Oro. (AFP Eastern Mindanao Command)...
DAVAO CITY – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. led several government activities in Davao City on Wednesday, February 7, despite the apparent rift with his predecessor, former President Rodrigo R. Duterte. PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. waves to the crowd as he arrives for the distribution of...
