DAVAO CITY – The Davao region logged a 9.7 percent inflation rate last November, the highest among the 17 regions in the country. A report released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)-Davao on Sunday, Jan. 8, said the region’s inflation rate slightly improved compared to the 9.8...
SEAFOOD sold at the Bankerohan Market in Davao City. The Kilusang Mayo Uno has proposed legislation that would set the family living wage at P1,100 to enable workers to have the capacity to purchase basic needs. (Keith Bacongco) DAVAO CITY – A progressive organization said the P16 minimum wage...
DAVAO CITY – The Davao region will see more investments in 2023 following efforts to expedite recovery from the impact of the pandemic that has crippled the local economy in the past two years, the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA)-Davao said. In her report on the Davao region’s...
SILO (center). (PTV Davao) DAVAO CITY (PNA) – Three generals and twenty-two colonels from the Police Regional Office in Davao region (PRO-11) tendered their resignation on Friday, Jan. 6, supporting the Department of Interior and Local Government's (DILG) effort to weed out scalawags. In an...
DAVAO CITY – The National Economic Development Authority said 8,175 workers were retrenched in the Davao region last year due to the pandemic. NEDA-Davao said the number of retrenched workers in 2022 was lower by 31.1 percent compared to the 11,871 in 2021. NEDA-Davao Director Maria Lourdes Lim...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said Friday, Dec. 9, that it was seeking to improve public participation in government accountability by holding town meetings. Photo by Davao del Sur Provincial Information Office The DILG Davao Region (Region 11) recently held the "Dagyaw...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) in Southern Mindanao announced Friday, August 12, the launching of the first "Balay Silangan," a refuge for reforming drug offenders, in Malalag, Davao del Sur. DILG DILG-11 Regional Director Alex C. Roldan explained that Balay Silangan...
Nearly P12 million worth of shabu and marijuana seized in a series of operations in Davao Region were destroyed in a show of commitment to end illegal drugs problems in the country. PDEA Regional Office XI Director Aileen Lovitos explained that the destruction of the confiscated illegal drugs on...
DAVAO CITY (PNA) – The Indigenous Peoples (IP) themselves decided to put an end to tribal schools linked to communist rebels, not former Mayor now Vice President Sara Z. Duterte, a former New People’s Army (NPA) leader said Monday, August 1. Arian Jane Ramos, former secretary of Guerrilla Front...
THE mother of 19-year-old Amierkhan Mangacop wipes her tears as she appeals for justice for her son who shot dead in a bar altercation in Davao City last week. (Keith Bacongco) DAVAO CITY – The 19-year-old student allegedly shot dead by a doctor of the Police Regional Office-Davao Region in a bar...
DAVAO CITY – A five-day gun ban has been imposed in the entire Davao Region effective 12 midnight June 16 until June 21 in preparation for the inauguration of Vice President-elect Sara Duterte Sunday, June 19. Police Major Eudisan Gultiano, spokesperson for the Police Regional Office-Davao...
MAP of the Philippines with Davao Region highlighted. DAVAO CITY – Prices of fish in the Davao Region will likely increase due to the implementation of the three-month closed fishing season at Davao Gulf, an official of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)-Davao said. BFAR-Davao...
