DAVAO CITY – The 21st Davao City Council approved on Tuesday, Oct. 21, an ordinance under suspended rules authorizing acting Davao City Mayor Sebastian Duterte to utilize a portion of the city’s Quick Response Fund as financial aid to areas in Cebu recently struck by a magnitude-6.9 earthquake....
DAVAO CITY – Davao City Representatives Paolo Duterte and his son Omar Vincent Duterte have filed House Bill No. 5645 – Value-Added Tax Social Transfer for Indigent Citizens Act of 2025 – to ease the economic burden on the country’s poorest families. According to the Dutertes, HB No. 5645...
DAVAO CITY – The Provincial Health Office of Davao Oriental and the Health Emergency Operations Center have ramped up water, sanitation, and hygiene (Wash) operations to ensure safe water and sanitation in earthquake-hit areas. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Reden Bersaldo underscored the...
DAVAO CITY – The Archdiocese of Davao expects 20,000 to 30,000 Catholics to join their first significant protest action against corruption – the Archdiocesan Penitential Walk and Holy Sacrifice of the Mass – on Saturday morning, Oct. 25, in Davao City. Speaking before the Davao Peace and...
DAVAO CITY – Authorities are on the fourth day of search and retrieval operations for the couple who went missing after a section of the Bukidnon-Davao highway collapsed due to a landslide on Saturday, Oct. 18. The landslide in Sitio Kipoloto, Barangay Palapacao, Quezon town, Bukidnon province,...
Authorities on Wednesday, Oct. 22, confirmed one more fatality from the doublet earthquakes that shook Manay, Davao Oriental two weeks ago, bringing the death toll to 10. A report from the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) revealed that all 10 fatalities were recorded...
The San Juan City government has allocated P1,000,000 as financial aid for the province of Davao Oriental after powerful earthquakes rocked the region earlier in October, San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora said on Tuesday, Oct. 21. According to Zamora, the aid was made possible through its City...
DAVAO CITY – Davao City Rep. Paolo Duterte defended the Office of the Vice President following allegations by a businessman over the supposed misuse of confidential and intelligence funds. Makati Business Club Executive Director Apa Ongpin has accused Vice President Sara Duterte of misusing...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported a magnitude 5.7 aftershock offshore of Davao Oriental at 7:35 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 20. According to Phivolcs, the tremor was recorded 103 kilometers southeast of Manay, Davao Oriental, at a depth of 10 kilometers. The agency...
DAVAO CITY – Davao City first district Rep. Paolo Duterte criticized the filing of a plunder case against former Narvacan, Ilocos Sur Mayor Luis “Chavit” Singson, calling it politically motivated and an assault on free speech. In a statement released to the media on Monday, Oct. 20, Rep....
DAVAO CITY – The Dutertes provided additional assistance on Monday to fire victims in Barangay 21-C as part of their ongoing efforts to help affected residents rebuild their homes and lives. Davao City first district Rep. Paolo Duterte and PPP party-list Rep. Harold Duterte personally led the...
DAVAO CITY – A homegrown business process outsourcing firm has delivered toys over the weekend for children in the coastal town of Manay in Davao Oriental province, the epicenter of the recent twin earthquakes Wawee Liwanag, training and operations head of GlobalTalk BPO, said that toys could...
