The highly anticipated 3.98-kilometer Davao City-Island Garden City of Samal (IGaCOS) bridge project may be completed not during the term of President Rodrigo R. Duterte but his successor’s.
Sep/16/2020 07:49 am
DAVAO City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio stressed the removal of advertising billboard towers in some parts of the city has legal basis and its owners were already given ample time to voluntarily dismantle it.
Sep/14/2020 03:34 pm
The city government reopened the Roxas Night Market on Saturday, which was closed for almost six months due to the community quarantine.
Sep/14/2020 09:14 am
Mayor Sara Duterte will issue an executive order next week lifting the 24/7 ban on alcoholic beverages effective Sept. 21, more than five months after it was enforced to control the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the city.
Sep/12/2020 08:15 am
The Aboitiz Cleanergy Park located in this city was cited as an excellent site for bird-watching where its recorded bird species already nearing 100, 10 to 15 of which are endemic to the Philippines, a birdwatcher expert said.
Sep/09/2020 02:38 pm
The City of Davao, the biggest cacao producer and the home of award-winning artisan dark chocolate brands in the country, has been officially declared as the Cacao Capital of the Philippines.
Sep/09/2020 08:32 am
DAVAO City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio reiterated her warning against individuals who engage in cockfighting, following the arrest of 29 individuals, including a barangay captain, after they were caught playing the illegal game.
Sep/08/2020 09:06 am
DAVAO City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio emphasized that all travelers going to the city will be accepted and will not be required to secure any document, provided they will comply with the city's protocol.
Sep/07/2020 10:18 am
Aboitiz Power Corporation subsidiaries Therma South, Inc. (TSI) and Hedcor have remitted to their host communities amounting to PHP62 million for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) initiatives and other projects, a statement from the company said Friday.
Sep/05/2020 02:32 pm
THE groundbreaking of the Samal Island-Davao City Connector (SIDC) Project, or more commonly known as Davao-Samal Bridge, is expected to be in January 2021, Island Garden City of Samal Mayor Al David Uy said.
Sep/03/2020 11:19 am
The city government here is gearing for the reopening of the Roxas Night Market on September 12, Mayor Sara Z. Duterte said Tuesday.
Sep/02/2020 07:45 am
Storage facilities and residential spaces, especially those within mixed-use projects, are the property segments least affected by the coronavirus pandemic in Davao, according to consultancy firm Prime Philippines.
Sep/01/2020 08:13 am
The employment rate in Davao Region decreased to 82.1 percent as of 2nd quarter of 2020 amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, National Economic Development Authority (NEDA)-Davao Region director Maria Lourdes Lim said.
Aug/28/2020 09:13 am
The United States government on Wednesday donated over a thousand hygiene kits and personal protective equipment (PPE) to the Davao City government.
Aug/27/2020 09:04 am
TWENTY-FOUR local elected and appointed public officials in Davao Region and their civilian co-conspirators are currently investigated for their alleged anomalies in the pay-outs of the Social Amelioration Program (SAP).
Aug/26/2020 09:30 am
THE Francisco Bangoy International Airport (FBIA), also known as the Davao International Airport (DIA), released an advisory requiring all persons entering the DIA premises to wear face shields.
Aug/19/2020 09:07 am
A DAVAO City councilor is pushing for the mandatory teaching of Davao history to all grade levels in both public and private schools.
Aug/17/2020 09:44 am
PHYSICAL distancing violators will soon be penalized, as the Committee of Health of the 19th Davao City Council is currently crafting an ordinance mandating its observation to curb the spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19).
Aug/14/2020 10:45 am
Malacañang finds nothing wrong with a recent finding during a House inquiry that the Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) in President Duterte’s home city of Davao received P326 million – the highest amount of claims from the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) for coronavirus treatments.
Aug/13/2020 01:29 pm
A designer in Davao del Norte has collaborated with local weavers and seamstresses to create personal protective equipment (PPE) coats and face masks from banana fiber.
Aug/12/2020 03:18 pm
MANILA, Philippines— Weeks before it approved the guidelines for the use of special funds for the government’s COVID-19 response, Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) had already handed out P9.3 billion in cash advances to various hospitals, especially favored health facilities, Sen. Panfilo Lacson disclosed on Tuesday.
Aug/12/2020 10:31 am
SM CITY Davao creates a calming atmosphere with the opening of The Greenery Plant Center (TGPC) that houses over 100 sellers of different garden and indoor favorites at the mall’s open parking area.
Aug/11/2020 10:07 am
The regional office of the Department of Health (DOH-XI) has admitted they are still short of the targeted contact tracers in the region.
Aug/10/2020 10:40 am
THE City Government of Davao will appeal to the Land Transportation and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) to amend its memorandum making mandatory the wearing of face shields to vehicle drivers in Davao City.
Aug/10/2020 08:25 am
Police officers in Davao City have been directed to bring a one-meter stick to enforce the one-meter physical distancing in public areas by demonstrating to violators of this rule the recommended safe space that they must keep from each other to avoid contracting the highly contagious coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Mayor Sara Duterte said.
Aug/04/2020 03:48 pm
The old terminal of the Davao International Airport in Barangay Sasa here will be converted into a holding area where arriving air passengers can wait for the result of their reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing, a requirement imposed by the local government to control the transmission of coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
Aug/03/2020 04:02 pm