DAVAO CITY – The City Tourism Operations Office (CTOO) aims to attract almost 200,000 tourists for the 38th Kadayawan Festival in Davao City next month. “As to the tourist arrivals, we are expecting to somehow reach 180,000 to 200,000 in time for the 38th Kadayawan Festival,” CTOO...
DAVAO CITY – The Apo Agua laboratory at the water treatment plant in Barangay Gumalang here has successfully attained accreditation from the Department of Health (DOH) as a recognized facility for conducting water quality analysis. Apo Agua president Anna Lu said in a statement that this official...
DAVAO CITY – The city government of Davao unveiled on July 17, Monday, the brand-new logo and theme song for this year’s 38th Kadayawan Festival which is set to make a grand comeback in August. The city government launched the 38th Kadayawan Festival at Seda Abreeza on J.P. Laurel, Bajada, with...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) should act on the complaints of environmentalists and business groups that are opposing the construction of the P23-billion Samal Island-Davao City Connector (SIDC) Bridge. Sen. Risa Hontiveros during the Kapihan sa Senado forum. (Senate PRIB...
DAVAO CITY – Davao City First Congressional District Rep. Paolo “Pulong” Duterte’s son, Rodrigo “Rigo” Duterte II, encouraged children not to resort to drugs despite the hardships they are going through in life. RODRIGO 'Rigo' Duterte II (right). (Photo via Ivy Tejano) Rigo made the...
Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte (Facebook) More than 78,000 Davao City residents have benefitted from the national government's Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Disadvantaged/Displaced Worker (TUPAD) program--as facilitated by the office of Congressman Paolo Duterte--during the past year. The...
DAVAO CITY – First Congressional District Rep. Paolo “Pulong” Duterte has consistently demonstrated a solid commitment to enhancing the well-being of the people he served, as shown in his accomplishments in his first year as a second termer in the House of Representatives (HOR). The lawmaker...
DAVAO CITY – The opening of the first segment of the P33.772-billion Davao City Coastal Road will not only address the growing concern of traffic congestion but it also will further drive the economic growth of this city, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Saturday, July 1. PRESIDENT Ferdinand...
DAVAO CITY – Police reported the arrest of two drug pushers and the seizure of 1.140-kilograms of shabu with an estimated value of P18.2 million around 4 p.m. on Sunday, June 25, in a joint checkpoint of the police and Task Force Davao in Barangay Sirawan, Toril District, here. In a text...
DAVAO CITY – Classes were disrupted at the Santa Ana Elementary School in Poblacion District here after receiving a bomb threat on Thursday morning, June 22, authorities said. Police Capt. Hazel Tuazon, spokesperson for the Davao City Police Office, said in a text message that the Santa Ana...
DAVAO CITY – An environmental group lambasted the Department of Public Works and Highways-Davao region, calling its drainage improvement project on Dacudao Ave. in this city a “waste of time, funds, and resources.” THE Department of Public Works and Highways' drainage improvement project is...
DAVAO CITY – Police arrested a 70-year-old woman after she allegedly killed her house help and later left her body on the street at Deca Homes Subdivision in Barangay Cabantian here on Sunday, June 18. The Davao City Police Office identified the victim as Shiela Han-ay Lagsaway, 29, from Don...
