DAVAO CITY – A fire hit a popular supermarket here on Thursday night, October 5. Some P150,000 worth of goods were destroyed in the blaze at the fresh section of the NCCC Supermarket Main Magsaysay. Senior Fire Officer 4 Ramil Gillado, Davao City Fire District spokesperson, said that the...
DAVAO CITY – The Environmental Management Bureau (EMB)-Davao assured the people that the air quality index (AQI) in Davao region is at “fair to good” levels amid concerns about the possible impact of massive forest fires in Indonesia on the region’s air quality. SMOG envelops the skyline of...
Senator Risa Hontiveros said on Monday, Oct. 2 that there should be clear rules and limitations in the use of confidential and intelligence funds (CIF), whether it's at the local government or national government level. According to her, the 1987 Constitution empowers local government units...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (PPAB) The alleged P2.697 billion confidential funds spent by the local government of Davao City between 2016 and 2022 could have been used to fund the allowance of local teachers for over a decade. Makabayan...
Vice President Sara Duterte joined President Marcos in Davao City in distributing aid to families of uniformed personnel killed or wounded while performing their duties. (Photo from the Office of the Vice President) In a statement, the official thanked those who attended the gathering and was...
DAVAO CITY – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Friday, September 29, provided housing units, job opportunities, educational scholarships, and financial aid to families of uniformed personnel who lost their lives while performing their duties. Marcos led the formal turnover of the aid to 300...
DAVAO CITY (PNA) – Task Force Davao seized P28.8 million worth of smuggled cigarettes in Minterbro Wharf, Barangay Ilang here on Monday, September 25. In a statement on Tuesday, September 26, TFD commander Col. Darren Comia said an operation with the Davao City Police Office and Bureau of Customs...
DAVAO CITY – The city government collected P7 million in penalties from violators of the anti-smoking, liquor ban, and sobriety ordinances here as of July. The Vices Regulation Unit operating under the City Mayor's Office said most of those arrested were violators of the liquor ban imposed due to...
DAVAO CITY – More than 2,000 fisherfolk received rice and cash assistance from Rep. Paolo “Pulong” Duterte here on Monday and Tuesday. Duterte’s son, Rodrigo II, led the distribution to beneficiaries from Barangays 21-C, 22-C, and 23-C at the Davao Coastal Road. REP. Paolo Duterte,...
DAVAO CITY – Davao City Rep. Paolo “Pulong” Duterte, represented by his son, Rodrigo “Rigo” Duterte II, turned over on September 13, Wednesday afternoon, various infrastructures to Barangay Langub in Ma-a District here. REP. Duterte (Congress photo) Barangay Langub Chairman Leilani...
DAVAO CITY – A prominent family donated on Monday, September 11, a land for the new operational headquarters of the Philippine Navy in Sitio Batinao, Barangay Lawigan, Mati City, Davao Oriental. OFFICE of the Presidential Assistant for Mindanao-Eastern (OPAMINE) Leo Tereso A. Magno (left) speaks...
DAVAO CITY (PNA) – Vice President Sara Duterte led the release of 152 hatchlings of the critically endangered hawksbill turtle to their natural habitat on the coastline of the Aboitiz Cleanergy Park in Punta Dumalag, Matina Aplaya here on Tuesday afternoon, September 12. Duterte, joined by...