BUTUAN CITY – A magnitude-4.5 earthquake jolted Davao Occidental on Wednesday morning, May 3, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. Phivolcs said the earthquake was recorded at 9:23 a.m. and its epicenter was 196 kilometers (kms) southeast of Balut Island...
Vice President Sara Duterte and Japanese lawmaker Koichi Hagiuda on Sunday, April 30, reaffirmed both countries’ commitment to strengthening bilateral relations and development cooperation. Vice President Sara Duterte and Japanese lawmaker Koichi Hagiuda shake hands during a meeting on Sunday,...
DAVAO CITY – WITCO Construction and Development Corp. announced on Friday, April 28, that the project engineer and safety officer supervising the four Davao City Bulk Water Supply Project workers who inhaled toxic fumes while cleaning a pipeline recently had been permanently pulled out from the...
DAVAO CITY – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-Davao has announced that 1,857 jobs will be offered in the Labor Day jobs fair at SM City Davao in Ecoland here. DOLE-Davao Director Randolf Pensoy said that 38 local companies will participate in the job fair and they hope that more...
Davao-based business process outsourcing (BPO) firm Six Eleven Global Services and Solution is aiming to fill up 5,000 seats by 2025 to double its current 2,500 agents. In a statement, Six Eleven CEO Michael Bian said they have gone a long way from only 20 agents 18 years ago when the call center...
The Korean Cultural Center (KCC) in the Philippines is bringing Korean culture to Davao City in a two-day event at SM Lanang Premier. Under the theme “Spring in Joseon,” this year’s Korean Festival, hosted by the Korean Embassy’s KCC in partnership with SM Lanang Premier, will be held on...
DAVAO CITY – A 42-year-old worker of the Davao City Bulk Water Supply Project (DCBWSP) contractor died while three others were hospitalized after inhaling toxic gas while installing a pipeline in Barangay Buhangin Proper here on Friday, April 21. The Davao City Buhangin Police Station...
DAVAO CITY – The Davao City Water District (DCWD) assured customers here that water supply would be unaffected by the El Niño phenomenon should it develop in the third quarter of this year. DCWD spokesperson JC Duhaylungsod said majority of this city’s supply comes from groundwater sources...
DAVAO CITY – Davao City first district Rep. Paolo Z. Duterte is the Top Performing District Representative in the Davao region according to a survey conducted by the RP-Mission Development Foundation Inc. (RPMD). Duterte garnered 81.3 percent, followed by Maria Carmen Zamora of Davao de Oro with...
Tingog Party-list Rep. Yedda Marie Romualdez (left), and her husband, House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Facebook) The two new "Alagang Tingog Centers"--a social service center brainchild of Tingog Party-list Rep. Yedda Marie Romualdez and her husband, House Speaker and Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin...
DAVAO CITY – El Niño is expected to have a severe impact on agriculture and hydropower industries in the country if the phenomenon develops in the third quarter of this year, an official of Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa)-Davao said. Lolit...
DAVAO CITY – The capture of a ranking New People’s Army leader in Malaysia could be the final nail in the coffin for the communist movement in the Davao region, according to the military. POLICE escort NPA leader Eric Jun Casilao upon arrival in Davao City on April 17 after he was deported...
