BUTUAN CITY – A magnitude-4.2 earthquake jolted Davao Occidental before dawn on Wednesday, June 14. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the earthquake was recorded at 2:49 a.m. and its epicenter was traced 12 kilometers southeast of Don Marcelino, Davao...
Vice President Sara Duterte has invited His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah of Brunei Darussalam to visit the Philippines. (From left) Vice President Sara Duterte meets Brunei Crown Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah on Monday, June 12, 2023. (Photo from Inday Sara/Twitter) In a...
BUTUAN CITY – A magnitude-4.1 earthquake jolted Davao de Oro on Friday morning, June 9. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the earthquake was recorded at 8:30 a.m. and its epicenter was three kilometers east of Compostela town, Davao de Oro, with a depth of...
DAVAO CITY – Police are still investigating the alleged abduction of Kent Laurence Metegreto Espinosa and Dennis Roy P. Panzan, two suspects in the rape and murder of 28-year-old architect and engineer Vlance Marie L. Bragas last month. BRAGAS Police Major Catherine dela Rey, Davao City Police...
DAVAO CITY – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)-Davao said a Canadian company will pour in around $2 million in Davao del Norte for a bamboo project commencing this year. Based on the report released by DTI-Davao on Wednesday, June 7, the bamboo project will consist of a processing plant...
By Henrylito D. Tacio With the high cost of living these days, it pays not to depend only on your main job. Try to do something on the side. That is what Wilbert C. Galo, a 47-year-old aide of Ricky Inodioan, the vice mayor of Santo Tomas, Davao del Norte, does. “Even though I have a job at the...
DAVAO CITY – Fresh from winning the 2022 Philippine Cacao Quality Awards (PCQA), three cacao farmers from this city will represent the Philippines in the 2023 International Cocoa Awards at the Salon du Chocolat in Paris, France. Department of Agriculture Regional Executive Director Abel James I....
DAVAO CITY – The Davao City Police Office (DCPO) has no suspects yet in the murder of 28-year-old architect and engineer Vlanche Marie Bragas in Calinan District here on May 17. BRAGAS DCPO chief Police Col. Alberto Lupaz admitted that the Special Investigation Task Force (SITG) Bragas still faces...
DAVAO CITY – A business leader announced that airlines Cathay Pacific and Xiamen Air plan to revive direct flights from Davao International Airport (DIA) to Hong Kong and Jinjiang, China in the second half of this year. THE Davao International Airport in 2018. (Wikipedia) Arturo Milan, co-chair of...
Vice President Sara Duterte on Wednesday, May 24, cited the significant gains by Dabawenyos against the communist rebels during a program in which Davao City marked the first year of being insurgency-free. Vice President Sara Duterte delivers a message during the first anniversary of the...
Underscoring the need for Filipino youth to realize the value of peace and nation-building, Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte on Wednesday, May 24, revealed plans to institutionalize a national peace curriculum under the Department of Education (DepEd). Vice President and Education...
Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte is dangling a P1-million reward to anybody who can help authorities arrest the suspect in the killing of a lady architect, whose body was found in an open canal in Barangay Dacudao, Calinan, Davao. The victim,...
