Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian on Friday, Nov. 17 ordered its field offices in Mindanao to be on high alert and prepared to support local government units (LGUs) that have been severely affected by the 6.8-magnitude earthquake in southern Philippines....
DAVAO CITY – A magnitude-7.2 earthquake rocked a large swath of Mindanao on Friday afternoon, November 17. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the epicenter of the 4:14 p.m. earthquake was 30 kilometers southwest of Sarangani, Davao Occidental. The tectonic quake had a...
(Phivolcs) There is no tsunami threat to the country following the 7.2-magnitude offshore earthquake near Davao Occidental on Friday afternoon, Nov. 17, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). “No destructive tsunami threat exists based on available sea-level...
(Phivolcs) A 6.8-magnitude earthquake rocked Davao Occidental on Friday afternoon, Nov. 17, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). Phivolcs said the earthquake, which struck at 4:14 p.m., had its epicenter 34 kilometers (km) northwest of Sarangani Island, Sarangani...
DAVAO CITY – Former President Rodrigo R. Duterte encouraged China and other nations asserting claims over the West Philippine Sea to reach a diplomatic agreement through the United Nations (UN) instead of engaging in conflict. FORMER President Duterte (Screenshot from Gikan sa Masa, Para sa Masa...
DAVAO CITY – Presidential Assistant for Eastern Mindanao Leo Tereso Magno said that his office and cacao farmers are collaborating on strategies to enable the industry to meet the heightened demand for cacao beans. PRESIDENTIAL Assistant for Eastern Mindanao Leo Tereso Magno (second from...
DAVAO CITY – A massive two-hour fire hit this city on Tuesday, November 14. FIREMEN map out a plan to contain a fire in Barangay Tomas Monteverde in Davao City on November 14. (BFP-Region 11 FB) Two-hundred thirty-five houses were destroyed in Barangay Tomas Monteverde in Agdao...
DAVAO CITY – Presidential Assistant for Eastern Mindanao Leo Tereso Magno on Tuesday, November 14, welcomed President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s commitment to prioritize development in Mindanao. PRESIDENT Marcos speaks at the 1st Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Local...
DAVAO CITY – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday, November 14, expressed optimism that the collaboration between the Bangsamoro and the national governments would contribute significantly to development in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). The President...
Making one of her dreams come true, Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte read “Isang Kaibigan (One Friend),” a book she authored, to students of the Kapitan Tomas Monteverde Sr. Central Elementary School in Davao City as part of the launch for National Reading Month. Vice...
(Unsplash) The office of Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte has been able to assist over a hundred families in the city that were affected by flash floods earlier this week. Duterte, better known as "Pulong" to his constituents, oversaw the distribution of...
The Philippine and Japanese governments inked on Friday, Nov. 10, an agreement that will ensure the sustainable urban development of Metropolitan Davao and its areas in the Davao Region. The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)...
