DAVAO CITY — Over 30,000 individuals from at least 35 barangays which register high cases of Coronavirus-19 will undergo mass RT-PCR test or swab test in the city soon to prevent further escalation of Coronavirus disease, says City health Officer Dr. Josephine Villafuerte. Villafuerte in an interview with Newsline.ph revealed, “We are now having series …
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DAVAO CITY — The regional inter-agency task force here has ordered a lock on a local hospital starting 2 o’clock in the morning of November 23, after a medical frontliner tested positive for Coronavirus disease. This as 54 individuals who had close contact with the physician underwant swab test on Monday. Dr. Jojit Marbas, who …
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DAVAO CITY — The city government of Davao has shortened the curfew hours of the city as it implements a new quarantine status to General Community Quarantine (GCQ). The city announced that effective November 20 until December 31, 2020, Dabawenyos are no longer allowed to stay outside of their residences from 9 PM to 4 …
DAVAO CITY — Former House Speaker and Davao del Norte First District Representative Pantaleon D. Alvarez has tendered his resignation from the ruling party, the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-LABAN), and announced he is joining Reporma. In a press statement, Alvarez thanked PDP-Laban’s President, Senator Aquilino “Koko”Pimentel III, for allowing him to serve as the …
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DAVAO CITY —After a few days break, the City Government of Davao has announced on Monday, November 9, that the Safe Davao QR (DQR) registration for business establishments will resume on Wednesday, November 11. In a press statement released by the City Information Office, City Mayor Sara Duterte Duterte-Carpio said the registration for business will …
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MATI CITY — FIVE members of the Communist Group New People’s Army (NPA), who has been lying low from the group and the government for a few years, have surrendered to the provincial government. Ednar Dayangahirang, the vide-chair of Provincial Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (PTF-ELCAC) welcomed the surrenderees as he formally …
Davao City — She was out for work on October 6 and after 10 hours, she started to cough and experience loose bowel movement though sporadic. On the 14th day she was diagnosed with dengue, the following day, she was diagnosed with amoebiasis, but on the 17th day, it was almost fatal, which prompted her to get on …
DAVAO CITY — The Department of Education regional office (DepEd-XI) is setting up a mechanism for community-based monitoring and learning help desk requiring class advisers to have a regular schedule of a compliance check of learners that will strategically and randomly monitor the attendance of learners. The establishment of the mechanism was the result of …
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DAVAO CITY — Often government programs and policies fail because government agencies and political leaders compete to earn recognition at the expense of their beneficiaries, says Davao del Norte Governor Edwin I. Jubahib. But not now — not in his province. Winning the fight against poverty and ending insurgency is a tough job for a local …
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DAVAO ORIENTAL – In a bid to help individuals from the marginalized sector start up for their small business, the provincial government recently turned over cash assistance to identified beneficiaries from the province’s second district. A total of 65 beneficiaries have received cash assistance of P5,000 under the Nakakaisang Lingkod Bayang ng Davao Oriental (NLD) – …
