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 […]
Davao Region
In fighting poverty, collaboration is necessary
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 […]
Livelihood Assistance Distributed to Help Beneficiaries start their small business
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) – […]
Congressman Alvarez’s lawyer-daughter now Tagum City Councilor
DAVAO CITY — Lawyer Ana Amelia Alvarez, daughter of Davao del Norte First District Congressman Pantaleon Alvarez has been sworn into office as City Councilor of Tagum City on Friday, September 18. Attorney Alvarez, who used to serve as Chief of Staff of his father, was appointed by Partido Demokratiko Pilipino Lakas ng Bayan (PDP […]
Gov’t forces build projects in NPA-infested DavSur village
DIGOS CITY – Davao del Sur’s provincial police joined hands with the Philippine Army in putting up several projects for residents of a village in Kiblawan town, which has been a flashpoint for communist guerilla activities Colonel Alberto Lupaz, Davao del Sur provincial police director, led the turnover of several projects that included a concrete pathway […]
DavNor opens P2.48M new isolation facility
DAVAO CITY — The provincial government of Davao del Norte recently opened its new P2.48 million worth of facility and a pharmacy in the town of Carmen. The facility sits within the vicinity of Davao del Norte Hospital – Carmen Zone. The newly inaugurated facility will be added to the current 1,000-bed isolation capacity of […]
Tagum City to enforce tighter Covid-19 measure in public market
DAVAO CITY — With the recent case involving a fish vendor in Tagum City, the city government will introduce measures to further tighten measures to prevent coronavirus disease infection. Mayor Allan L. Rellon in an interview with Newsline.ph said “We will review our existing health protocol and will re-implement the one-entrance-one-exit policy and this time, […]
Tagum City closes public market after stall owner tested positive for COVID-19
DAVAO CITY — Tagum City Mayor Allan L. Rellon has ordered the closure of the city’s wet and dry market for seven days starting today September 8, after a fish vendor was tested positive for Coronavirus-19. In an interview with Newsline.ph, Rellon said, “We decided to close because we need to decontaminate the market as […]
Coronavirus-19 Pandemic:The cost of living vs. dying
With coronavirus disease cases increasing and no vaccine in sight, everyone’s life is threatened. For one who does not bother, costly death awaits but for those who care enough, surviving the pandemic costs a lot. Daily data collected by the World Health Organization (WHO() showed an increasing trend, and Philippines or Mindanao is not exempted. One has to choose […]
Davao-Samal bridge construction starts next year
DAVAO CITY – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) will start the construction of the long-awaited Davao-Samal bridge connection next year, an official said Tuesday. In a Palace virtual presser on Tuesday, Secretary Mark Villar said they targeted to finish the bidding of the project in October and November this year. “Our format of […]
Davao region registers highest single-day COVID-19 case
DAVAO CITY — The Department of Health XI reported new coronavirus-19 cases on Saturday, August 8, recording a high of 52 cases. The record is the highest single-day increase in cases since March, which brings the total active cases to 499. The total recorded Covid-19 case in the region has now reached 1,522, but only […]
Davao police personnel now Covid-19 free
DAVAO CITY — As of today, all personnel of the Davao City Police Office is coronavirus-19 free. Some 242 police officers and support staff underwent swab test after three personnel who were assigned in Barangay 23-C were tested positive of the virus. Captain Rose Aguilar, spokesperson of the DCPO in an interview with Newsline.ph revealed […]
Consider Covid-19 protocol a civic duty- Yecla
DAVAO CITY — With the increasing number of Locally Stranded Individuals (LSIs) and defying health protocol and ordinary citizens violating the restrictions, Task Force (TF) Davao Commander advised everyone to take all these measures as a civic duty of a citizen towards his country. TF Davao Commander Yecla explained to Newsline on Thursday that, “Given […]