By BENJAMIN SARONDO Most Filipinos love to plant on a farm, in their backyard, inside their house, and in many other places. Some own their land, while others rent just to pursue their passion for farming. Jess Muñoz Paderna, 33, owner of Ssagel’s Garden, started her gardening journey in her...
(First of three parts) CITY OF MATI, Davao Oriental – Known for its unique pygmy forest, the Mount Hamiguitan Wildlife Sanctuary Range is one of the richest biodiversity area not just in Philippines but perhaps in Asia as well. MAP of the Mount Hamiguitan Protected Area With an area of at...
Housing czar Secretary Jose Rizalino Acuzar has ordered the activation of emergency shelter clusters of the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) in Caraga and Davao regions to assist the victims of the 7.4 magnitude quake that hit Mindanao over the weekend. Acuzar said the...
DAVAO CITY – The Davao City Information Office (CIO) called as false information social media messages claiming that the suspect in the bombing of the Mindanao State University (MSU) in Marawi City on Sunday, December 3, was spotted here. A STUDENT (second from left) of the Mindanao State...
DAVAO CITY – The provincial government of Davao Occidental suspended classes in public schools on December 4 and 5 as part of the inspection of all public infrastructures and other facilities following the magnitude 7.4-earthquake on Saturday night, December 2. “All school heads, safety...
DAVAO CITY – Rep. Paolo Z. Duterte of the first district here has been honored as Honorary Congressman of the Year in the Nation Builders and Mosliv Awards ceremony in Manila on November 30. Sustainable Standards Inc. (SSI) hosted the event to acknowledge and celebrate leaders driving positive...
DAVAO CITY – One person was killed and four were injured in Davao region in the magnitude-7.4 earthquake that rocked a wide swath of Mindanao on Saturday night, December 2. OFFICIALS inspect an infrastructure in Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur damaged by the magnitude-7.4 earthquake on Saturday...
DAVAO CITY – A mining firm operating in Davao Oriental has donated an additional P500,000 educational assistance for students of Davao Oriental State University (DOrSU) on November 30. DorSU President Dr. Roy Ponce, who personally received the check, said the amount is already the second...
DREAM TEAM Park Inn by Radisson Davao's Sales & Marketing team led by DOSM Liza Gamo together with GM Sven Toune Nov. 9 marked the ecstatic welcome of the holidays at SM Hotels and Conventions Corporation’s (SMHCC) Park Inn by Radisson Davao, with the Christmas tree lighting event that...
DAVAO CITY – Three schoolchildren drowned on the Liloan River in Barangay Mandug here on Friday, November 24. The Davao City Police Office (DCPO) identified the victims as Takeshe Sanico, 13; Kian Carlo Bituin, 12; and Jeric Redulla, 12, pupils of the Buhangin Central Elementary...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), through its field office in Region 12, deployed on Wednesday, Nov. 23 at least 20 social workers to address the emotional toll of the recent 6.8-magnitude earthquake that struck southern Mindanao on Nov. 17. The DSWD’s social workers...
(Phivolcs) The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said a 6.1-magnitude offshore earthquake struck Davao Occidental at 10:48 a.m., Wednesday, Nov. 22. The earthquake had its epicenter 413 kilometers (km) southeast of Balut Island in the municipality of Sarangani, in the...
