DAVAO CITY -- The local government of Davao has prohibited the entry of poultry products from restricted areas, including Luzon and other areas with reported cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) or bird flu to protect the local industry here. Dr. Cerelyn Pinili, head of the City...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda flat-out said Thursday, May 19 that the country would benefit more if presumptive vice president Sara Duterte took up the portfolio of Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) secretary instead. Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (left) and...
DAVAO CITY – The transmission of the Omicron subvariant BA.2.12.1 in Davao City might just be a matter of time, the local task force for Covid-19 said. Dr. Michelle Schlosser, spokesperson for Davao City Covid-19 Task Force, told Davao City Disaster Radio (DCDR 87.5) that the entry of this more...
DAVAO CITY -- The Duterte brothers are set to continue their respective duties in Davao following their landslide victories in May 9 elections. The Commission on Elections-Davao’s Board of Canvassers chaired by Sitti Shahane Balt officially announced Sebastian ‘Baste’ Duterte as the next...
An earthquake with a magnitude measuring 4.0 hit waters off Davao Oriental around 8:23 p.m., the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said on Thursday, May 12. (Phivolcs) The epicenter of the quake was traced 187 kilometers (km) southeast of Tarragona, Davao Oriental. It...
DAVAO CITY – Police arrested 12 people for violating the election liquor ban in Davao City. The ban was implemented from 12:01 a.m. of May 8 until 12:00 midnight of May 9. PMaj. Ma. Teresita P. Gaspan, spokesperson of Davao City Police Office (DCPO), said that police authorities strictly enforced...
President Duterte has cast his vote for his successor, the 17th president of the Philippines, who will be taking over as the country's leader on June 30, 2022. President Duterte casts his vote for the 2022 elections in Davao City. (RTVM Screenshot) Duterte arrived at the Daniel R. Aguinaldo...
DAVAO CITY – Congressman Paolo ‘Pulong’ Duterte, who is seeking re-election in Davao City’s first district, held a rosary during a recent campaign rally in Barangay Matina Pangi. Pulong said the challenges he went through in life made him realize the importance of the rosary. “Lisod ning...
DAVAO CITY – President Rodrigo Duterte expressed his heartfelt gratitude for the endless support the people of Davao have been giving to his family up to the present. “Nahimo kong sikat tungod ninyo. Katawhan sa Davao, kamoy nagsugod nako padulong sa akong biyahe ngadto sa pagka-presidente unya...
TAGUM CITY, Davao del Norte--If there was a theme for UniTeam's "miting de avance" here on Thursday night, May 5, it was "victory". Andrew E (left) and Toni Gonzaga (MANILA BULLETIN) And it were the UniTeam's two biggest crowd-pleasers in Filipino rap legend Andrew E and singer-host Toni Gonzaga...
BUTUAN CITY – A 5.7-magnitude earthquake hit Davao Oriental province anew in Southern Mindanao region Thursday morning, May 5, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. In its bulletin, Phivolcs said the tremor was recorded at 5:41 a.m. The epicenter was plotted...
An earthquake with a magnitude measuring 5.7 hit Davao Oriental around 5:41 a.m., the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said on Thursday, May 5. This earthquake was previously reported with a magnitude of 6.2, but the Institute downgraded it to 5.7. (Phivolcs) The...