The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), through its attached agency the National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC), said Friday, Jan. 16, that the minimum wage review processes in the Bicol and Davao regions are on track and fully compliant with legal timelines amid questions over...
DAVAO CITY – Davao City first district Rep. Paolo Duterte said on Wednesday, Jan. 14, that his district has been without a budget from the national government since 2022. In an interview with Alvin & Tourism at The Hague in the Netherlands, Duterte said the lack of funding does not impact his...
DAVAO CITY – Devotees in different parts of this city gathered in chapels to celebrate the feast of Senor Santo Niño on Thursday, Jan. 15. The biggest gathering of the annual religious festivity here was at the Shrine of the Holy Infant Jesus of Prague in Shrine Hills in Matina. Over 1,000...
DAVAO CITY – The City Transport and Traffic Management Office (CTTMO) reiterated on Wednesday that electric tricycles (e-trikes) remain prohibited from operating on major roads. CTTMO head Dionisio Abude clarified that, unlike motorcycles-for-hire (MTH), which adhere to licensing and registration...
DAVAO CITY – The Davao City Council is exploring the establishment of a People’s Council, a body mandated by the Department of the Interior and Local Government to promote the active participation of civil society organizations in local governance. Committee on Cooperative Development and...
DAVAO CITY – Former President Rodrigo Duterte won’t return to the Philippines as long as Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is president, Davao City first district Rep. Paolo Duterte said Monday. Speaking to Duterte supporters outside the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Rep. Duterte said his...
DAVAO CITY – City government officials criticized on Monday, Jan. 12, the renewed move to file an impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Z. Duterte, describing the effort as politically motivated and a distraction from more pressing concerns. Speaking at the Pulong-Pulong sa Dabawenyos...
DAVAO CITY – A Davao City councilor is set to file an ordinance seeking to protect delivery riders from abuse and unfair treatment. Councilor Danny Dayanghirang, chairman of the Committee on Finance, Ways and Means, stated that the proposed measure will encompass two categories of delivery...
DAVAO CITY – Davao City first district Rep. Paolo Duterte cautioned his colleagues in the House of Representatives against endorsing what he described as a pre-determined impeachment effort against Vice President Sara Duterte. In a statement posted on his Facebook page on Sunday, Jan. 11, ahead...
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck offshore waters east of Balut Island in Davao Occidental late Saturday night, Jan. 10, but posed no tsunami threat to the Philippines, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported. In its Earthquake Information No. 1 bulletin,...
DAVAO CITY – Several schools in the Davao region suspended classes following a magnitude-6.4 earthquake that jolted the area at 11:02 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 7. Manay, Davao Oriental Mayor Jon Marco Dayanghirang suspended classes and work in all government offices until Jan. 8. Dayanghirang said...
DAVAO CITY – A Davao City councilor announced on Tuesday, Jan. 6, that his committee is set to conduct a follow-up hearing this month on the new names of the 40 barangays here. Committee on Government Properties chairperson Councilor J. Melchor Quitain Jr. said that the Office of the Culture and...
