DAVAO ORIENTAL – After a prolonged stay in Manila due to transport restrictions caused by the coronavirus pandemic, Overseas Filipino Workers who are residents of Davao Oriental are now starting to return home. On May 27 and 28, thirty-four 34 Overseas Filipino Workers finally arrived in the province through sweeper flights facilitated by the national government […]
DepEd should lower tuition fees under “Blended and Distant Learning”-Alvarez
DAVAO CITY — The Department of Education should ask all private and public schools in the country to lower tuition fees considering the implementation of the Blended and Distant Learning Program will curve operational expenses compared to regular face to face classes, said Davao del Norte First District Congressman Pantaleon D. Alvarez. “With school classes […]
DSWD strengthens fight vs online exploitation among children amid coronavirus threat
DAVAO CITY — The threat of COVID-19 has not diminished the commitment of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to address the online sexual abuse and exploitation of children. Even during the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), the Department, together with partner agencies, continuously conduct dialogues and pursue rescue activities to ensure the safety […]
Petecio nagpabiling malaumon
ANG WORLD women’s featherweight champion nga si Nesthy Petecio malaumon nga makabalik na ang national boxing team sa ilang regular training human nga nalibkas na ang enhanced community quarantine sa nasud. Si Petecio, kinsa nangita og tiket para sa Tokyo Olympics sunod tuig, miingon nga nagsugod na sila’g pasingot apan wala pa gihapon makabalik sa […]
OFWs nagsugod na’g pamauli sa DavOr
MATI CITY — Ang mga Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) nga mga taga-Davao Oriental nagsugod na og pauli human sa taas-taas nga pagpuyo sa Manila tungod sa coronavirus pandemic. Matud pa sa taho sa Davao Oriental Public Information Office sa Martes, Hunyo 2, 34 ka mga OFW ang miabot miaging semana sakay sa mga sweeper flight […]
DavOr doc tests negative on repeat Covid-19 swab
DAVAO CITY – The doctor from the Davao Oriental Provincial Medical Center (DOPMC) who tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) last week has tested negative on his repeat swab, a health officer said Tuesday. “We just receive the result of his repeat swab today (Tuesday) and it is negative,” said Dr. Reden Bersaldo, action officer […]
58 hospital staff in DavOr on quarantine, after asymptomatic doctor tested positive for Covid-19
DAVAO CITY — Some 58 hospital staff at Davao Oriental Provincial Medical Center (DOPMC) in Davao Oriental are on quarantine after one of its doctors tested positive for the coronavirus. The 58 hospital staff, mostly nurses , were considered ‘direct contacts’ of the physician, are now isolated while health authorities are conducting a massive contact […]
4P’s beneficiary indicted for an illegal cockfight
DAVAO CITY — A beneficiary of the government’s Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) under the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), was indicted in Island Garden City of Samal Prosecution Office on Monday, June 2, for betting into a cockfight. IGACOS Prosecutor Joseph Apao in an interview with Newsline revealed there were more 4P’s […]
Senate approved bill moving the school year 2020-2021 beyond August
DAVAO CITY — The Senate on Monday approved on third and final reading a bill which give President Rodrigo Duterte the authority to postpone the opening of classes beyond August during the state of calamity or emergency. Senate Bill No. 1541 was supported by the 23 of the 24 Senators during the June 1 session, just […]
BOC confiscates P55-M worth of smuggled cigarettes in Zamboanga port
DAVAO CITY –— The combined government operations led by Bureau of Customs in Zamboanga port resulted to the confiscation of P55-million worth of smuggled cigarette which was loaded in a motor launch on Sunday, May 31. The BOC in a press statement said “The operation stemmed from information that a motor launch from Indonesia loaded […]
Duterte to deliver a public address in Davao City
DAVAO CITY – For the first time since he assumed office in June 2016, President Rodrigo Duterte will deliver his next public address here after a meeting with members of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID), said Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque. In a virtual presser on Monday, Roque said the […]
Allowance sa mga atleta minosan
DAVAO CITY — Padayon ang pagsuporta sa gobyerno sa mga national athlete, apan subo nga mahibaloan nga kini maminosan tungod sa epekto sa coronavirus disease (Covid-19) sa nasud. Sugod karon, ang mga binulang allowance sa mga national athlete ug coach minosan na og 50 porsiyento sa Philippine Sports Commission (PSC), sigun ni PSC chairman William […]
Padayon ang FM pass sa Davao City
DAKBAYAN SA DABAW — Ang Davao City Government mopadayon sa ilang pagpatuman sa “Food and Medicine” (FM) pass samtang ang dakbayan nagpabilin sa General Community Quarantine (GCQ), kini ang gibutyag ni Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio. Sumala ni Duterte-Carpio, kinahanglan nilang repasohon ang mga patakaran sa paggamit sa FM pass ug mohimo og bag-ong mga lagda aron […]