DAVAO CITY – Former Anakpawis party-list Rep. Ariel Casilao defended his brother Eric Jun, a suspected ranking communist rebel leader in Mindanao, saying his elder brother is not a terrorist. ERIC Jun Casilao during high school days in Assumption College of Davao. (Contributed photo) Authorities...
Davao’s first shipment of durian to China has sold out, according to John Tan, CEO of Eng Seng Food Products (ESFP). “Actually, naubos na yung stock natin (actually, all of our stocks have been bought),” he said. Durian fruit. (vitalina/ Pexels) ESFP is one of the four exporting companies who...
DAVAO CITY – Mindanao's most wanted New People’s Army (NPA) leader who abandoned his comrades in Davao de Oro province was presented to the media here on Monday, April 17, following his arrest in Malaysia earlier this month. MINDANAO’S most wanted New People’s Army leader is escorted by...
BUTUAN CITY – A magnitude-4.2 earthquake rocked Balut Island in the municipality of Sarangani in Davao Occidental on Monday morning, April 17. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the earthquake occurred at 9:32 a.m. and its epicenter was 301 kilometers southeast of...
DAVAO CITY – Local government units in Region 11 have been given the discretion to create their own policies to stem the spread of Covid-19, the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG)-Davao said. DILG-Davao Director Alex Roldan said the government would no longer reimpose the strict...
AVANT GARDENER Davao’s first shipment of durian to China was made available to the public early this week. This good news comes after it was shipped via chartered plane last April 6, 2023 then inspected by China’s strict customs officials. A program was held in China to commemorate this...
DAVAO CITY – The number of Covid-19 cases slightly increased in the Davao region from 454 in February to 803 in March. In a press briefing on Wednesday, April 12, Dr. Gerna Manatad, Department of Health-Davao assistant regional director, said that the situation is manageable and assured the public...
Aboitiz Power Corp. (AboitizPower) subsidiary Davao Light and Power Co. Inc. (Davao Light) continues to encourage education and self-improvement as it undertook efforts to help upskill members of its host community to enable growth and enterprise development. In partnership with the Technical...
Look Ma, No Cables! San Pedro Street corner Pelayo Street after the underground cabling project was completed. Jesse Pizarro Boga, born and raised in Davao City, is a firsthand witness of pre- and post-underground cabling in the King City of the South. "Underground cabling brings a feeling of...
To address the problems of undernutrition and malnutrition in students, the Office of the Vice President (OVP) on Tuesday, April 11, pilot-tested the “Pansarap” program, a nutribun-like supplemental nutrition intervention for undernourished learners, in Vice President Sara Duterte's hometown of...
DAVAO CITY – Two persons were killed and two others were injured after they were electrocuted by a fallen power line in Purok 15, Panacan Relocation, Barangay Panacan, here on Good Friday. The Police Regional Office (PRO)-11 (Davao region) identified the fatalities as Renante Alcontin, a resident...
The first shipment of durian from Davao to China is about to take off! Tons of durian waiting to be shipped to China. (Abel Monteagudo/ Facebook) Abel Monteagudo, Regional Director of the Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office XI in Davao City [posted a...