Vice President Sara Duterte has urged residents of Davao Oriental to remain calm and prepared following a powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake that struck the province on Friday morning, Oct. 10, causing panic across several towns and cities in Southern Mindanao. In a statement, Duterte said the...
The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) urged residents in coastal communities across Davao Oriental and six other provinces to immediately evacuate to higher ground following the magnitude 7.4 offshore earthquake that struck the eastern seaboard of Mindanao on Friday morning, Oct. 10. According to OCD...
President Marcos said search, rescue, and relief operations will be deployed immediately after a 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck Davao Oriental and nearby provinces. "Search, rescue, and relief operations are already being prepared and will be deployed as soon as it is safe to do so," Marcos said...
Davao City suspended work and classes following the magnitude-7.4 earthquake on Friday morning, Oct.10. "In view of the recent earthquake and to give way to the conduct of rapid damage assessment of infrastructures and facilities, classes in all levels, public and private educational institutions,...
A destructive tsunami is expected after a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck offshore Davao Oriental at 9:43 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 10, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) warned. Based on the local tsunami scenario database, wave heights of more than one meter above normal...
A powerful earthquake measuring magnitude 7.4 on the Richter scale struck Davao Oriental at 9:43 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 10, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). It was initially reported as magnitude 7.6 before Phivolcs revised it to 7.5 then 7.4 Phivolcs said the...
DAVAO CITY – The mayor of a remote coastal town in Davao Occidental remains hopeful that unfinished and substandard projects in the municipality will be completed or repaired amid ongoing investigations on alleged anomalous infrastructure projects nationwide. The town of Jose Abad Santos in Davao...
DAVAO CITY – The Davao City Council backed the Senate resolution urging the International Criminal Court to release and place former President Rodrigo Duterte under house arrest for humanitarian grounds. Councilor Danilo Dayanghirang, chairperson of the Finance, Ways and Means, and Appropriations...
DAVAO CITY – Five Grade 4 pupils and a teacher were injured when a classroom ceiling at the Lapu-Lapu Elementary School in Agdao in Davao City collapsed on Tuesday, Oct. 7. Marites Cañeda, Grade 4 teacher, said she was conducting class with 40 pupils when the ceiling suddenly gave way. She said...
DAVAO CITY – At least 200 residents in Barangay 10-A and nearby communities here received free health care on Wednesday, Oct. 8, during a medical mission organized by acting Davao City Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte II and first district Rep. Paolo Duterte’s office. The outreach provided medical...
DAVAO CITY – Culinary experts and entrepreneurs encouraged the people of Davao and Mindanao to take pride in local flavors and develop a strong food culture that could boost the island’s tourism industry. Country Executive Chef Kenneth Cacho of Unilever Food Solutions made the appeal during the...
DAVAO CITY – The Davao City government is finalizing the 2026 annual budget that will be submitted to the City Council by Oct. 15, in compliance with the law, according to Councilor Danilo Dayanghirang, chairperson of the Finance, Ways and Means, and Appropriations committee. Speaking before the...