DAVAO CITY – The Department of Public Works and Highways here on Tuesday denied Bicol Saro party-list Rep. Terry Ridon’s claim that several flood-control projects in this city are incomplete. Ridon said that riverbank protection projects on the Talomo and Matina Rivers were unfinished. He...
DAVAO CITY – The Mindanao Development Authority is accelerating transport, digital, and infrastructure linkages across the Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area, positioning connectivity as the key driver of Mindanao’s next phase of inclusive growth. MinDA...
DAVAO CITY – Liga ng mga Barangay President and Davao City Councilor January Duterte turned over school service vehicles to nine barangays in three legislative districts here recently, reinforcing efforts to provide students with safe and free transportation. The distribution marks the second...
DAVAO CITY – Davao City second district Rep. Omar Vincent Duterte is seeking ways to prevent severe flooding in Central Visayas, which has resulted in deaths, damage, and left many families homeless. Rep. Omar, in a brief interview after the SM Lanang Christmas tree lighting ceremony on Saturday...
DAVAO CITY – Pwersa ng Pilipinong Pandagat Rep. Harold Duterte urged fellow government officials to set aside politics and focus on assisting Filipinos affected by recent disasters. “In the past week alone, our fellow Filipinos have faced one tragedy after another. Filipinos are dying. Let us...
DAVAO CITY – Twenty-five children of the Field of Dreams Children’s Charity Foundation will benefit from Dusit Thani Residence Davao’s annual Christmas initiative launched during their Christmas tree-lighting ceremony on Thursday night, Nov. 6. The hotel group introduced the foundation as the...
At least 200 residents received free medical and eye care services in an ongoing medical mission organized by first district Rep. Paolo Duterte and acting Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte II in Davao City. Among the beneficiaries was 58-year-old Felipe Sarmo of Barangay 34-D, who availed of services on...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) filed on Thursday, Nov. 6, two more cases before the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) against contractors and personnel accused of bid rigging in infrastructure projects in Davao Occidental and La Union. The DPWH said the filing was...
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon on Wednesday, Nov. 5, ordered the swift restoration of public and critical facilities in Davao Oriental after the magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck the province in October. Dizon said the rehabilitation aims to restore essential...
DAVAO CITY – The Philippine Eagle Foundation has stepped up its biosecurity measures at the Philippine Eagle Center here following the reported outbreak of avian influenza or bird flu in M’lang, Cotabato province two weeks ago. The PEF, in a public advisory through its Facebook page, advised...
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck Davao Oriental on Saturday morning, November 1, according to the Department of Science and Technology–Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (DOST-Phivolcs). In its Earthquake Information No. 1 issued at 8:49 a.m., Phivolcs said the tremor was...
DAVAO CITY – Around 1,000 food packs and boxes of brand-new clothes were distributed on Thursday, Oct. 30, to families affected by the recent earthquake in Manay town in Davao Oriental. The relief operation was jointly organized by Davao City first district Rep. Paolo Duterte 's office, in...
