A year after work started on the 10.7-kilometer Contract Package (CP) 1-1 of the Davao City Bypass Road Construction Project, officials of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) were pleased to see progress as the construction continues in the area. Department of Public Works and...
Supporters who kept urging her and those who got "depressed" when she initially did not file her candidacy for a national position were the reason why vice presidential aspirant Sara Duterte-Carpio eventually decided to seek the second highest position in the country in the upcoming 2022 elections....
Citing the huge decline in new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, President Duterte reckoned that there are “better days ahead” for the Philippines. President Rodrigo Duterte speaks during his “Talk to the People” public briefing on Monday, Dec. 6, 2021. (PCOO) In his taped public...
(PHIVOLCS) An offshore earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 hit 285 kilometers (km) southeast of Sarangani Island in Sarangani, Davao Occidental on Sunday morning, Dec. 5, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. The quake was recorded at a depth of 156 km around 7:48...
Thousands of people are calling on the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to stop cutting trees in the mountains of Davao City in a bid to secure the community's lifeblood, save a Philippine eagle nesting territory and save water, air and biocultural sanctuary in the area. In an...
More than 300 indigents in Island Garden City of Samal, Daval del Norte have availed free services from government and private agencies through mini caravan of the Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor (PCUP). (File Photo / PCUP) “Layunin ng aktibidad na maihatid sa mga komunidad na maralita...
The Japanese government has turned over to the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) a masterplan that the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has built for the development of high standard highways (HSH) in the Philippines. JICA Study Team leader Ryuichi Ueno said the masterplan...
(Phivolcs) The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) monitored a 5.4-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Davao Occidental on Saturday afternoon, Nov. 27. Based on its earthquake bulletin, Phivolcs said the tremor occurred at around 2:01 p.m., with the epicenter traced 135...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo Atty. Margarita Ignacia “Migs” B. Nograles has yet to be officially a public servant, but she’s already serving the public in her own way. Through her online show, “Ask Atty. Migs Nograles”, she provides free legal advice to people across the country. She...
Every citizen has the “moral obligation” to guarantee that the world is safe for women and girls and ensure that they are protected against all kinds of violence, vice presidential aspirant and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte stressed in a statement for the observance of the International Day for...
President Duterte said he is aware that many people in his native Davao City are upset with him due to the lack of "appreciable infrastructure" there despite having the prerogative to build them. President Rodrigo Duterte (bowing) attends the inauguration rites for the new facilities of the General...
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Acting Secretary Roger G. Mercado visited Davao City for the opening of the longest flyover in Tagum City in Davao del Norte and to check on various projects in the region. The ceremony saw the unveiling of the marker and drive-thru at the...
