DAVAO CITY – Special Assistant to the President Antonio Ernesto Lagdameo Jr. met provincial leaders here on Wednesday, January 24, to evaluate the impact of the shear line weather system and identify the needs of affected areas in the Davao region. SAP Antonio Ernesto Lagdameo Jr. tackles the...
Vice President Sara Duterte declared that she will run again in the next elections, though she did not mention the position she plans to seek. Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte (Photo from Inday Sara Duterte Facebook page) The official made the statement in a speech during...
DAVAO CITY – The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Council and Management Council on Tuesday, January 23, recommended that the province of Davao Oriental be placed under a state of calamity due the destruction from severe flooding and landslides last week caused by heavy rains from the...
DAVAO CITY – The Office of Civil Defense-Davao is set to meet local government officials and concerned government agencies next month to craft solutions to make the region disaster-resilient. OCD-Davao chief Ednar Dayanghirang said on Monday, January 22, that his office will organize a...
Military personnel from the 1001st Infantry Brigade of the Philippine Army rescue an elderly woman from her flooded house in Davao on Jan. 16, 2024. (Photo by 1001st Infantry Brigade) The damage to agriculture and infrastructure in Davao Region (Region 11) and Caraga (Region 13) due the effects of...
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte visited the wake of the landslide victims in Davao de Oro as she urged for the implementation of a “robust mapping” system to identify danger zones in municipalities. Vice President Sara Duterte visits the wake of one of the landslide victims...
DAVAO CITY – The Office of Civil Defense-Davao region (OCD-Davao) reported on Sunday, January 21, 14 deaths following the landslides triggered by recent heavy rainfall from the shear line that impacted several areas. In a progress report obtained from the OCD-Davao, 11 died in Barangay Mount...
Personnel of Hallmark Mining donate relief goods to 300 of its miners who safely got back home on Jan. 20, 2024 after getting trapped at a mining site in Mati City, Davao Oriental on Jan. 18. (Photo by Mati City Information Office) (UPDATED) After being stranded at a mining site amid the bad...
DAVAO CITY – Presidential Assistant for Eastern Mindanao Leo Tereso Magno urged the American Chamber of Commerce Philippines Inc.-Mindanao (AmCham Mindanao) Chapter to collaborate as a government ally to enhance Mindanao and the Philippines. MAGNO (fourth from left) with AmCham Mindanao officials...
DAVAO CITY – Rep. Paolo Z. Duterte here provided aid on Friday, January 19, to around 800 families in this city affected by flash flood and landslides triggered by heavy downpour from the shear line weather system. REP. Duterte (fifth from left) Duterte, through the Pulong Pulong ni Pulong (PPP)...
(Courtesy of Monkayo LGU) Responders finally retrieved on Saturday afternoon, Jan. 20, the body of the previously reported missing man in a deadly landslide in Monkayo, Davao de Oro as the death toll reached 11. The remains of Rommel Gumatin, 45, were recovered underneath the pile of soil and rocks...
DAVAO CITY – Hallmark Mining Corp. has denied reports that its workers had been trapped in a nickel mine site in the coastal Barangay Macambol in Mati City, Davao Oriental due to severe flooding on January 18. CLEARING operations continue on the road linking Barangay Macambol proper to...
