DAVAO CITY —The city government has required Davao-bound passengers to test negative of COVID-19 through RT-PCR before exiting the Davao Airport, starting Wednesday, July 22. This, after the data from the City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit showed that the highest confirmed Covid-19 cases in Davao City were air travelers from Manila and Cebu. Given this […]
Davao Region
Town Mayor purchased emergency cars for villages
DAVAO CITY — When every local government unit is up to protect their people and contain the possible spread of the coronavirus-19, a town Mayor provides mobility for his village leaders. This compelled Monkayo municipal Mayor Ramil Gentugaya to equip the village frontliners the mobility they deserve especially in responding to emergency cases. Monkayo is […]
Hinterland encounter kills top rank rebel
DAVAO CITY – A leader of the communist New People’s Army (NPA) was killed in a firefight with government troops in the Davao Oriental town of Lupon on Friday, the Army’s 28th Infantry Battalion (28IB) said. In a statement on Saturday, the 28IB said the encounter resulted in the death of a certain Prince Wendel Olofernes, […]
Davao City implements ‘test and wait’ for returning LSIs and ROFs
DAVAO CITY — The city government of Davao has started implementing the Covid-19 “Test and Wait” mechanism for returning Davao City residents, Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), and the Locally Stranded Individuals (LSIs). In a statement released by the City Information Office on Wednesday, it stated that Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio said the new testing mechanism will […]
Davao City, private sector join forces vs. Covid-19
DAVAO CITY–The city government and the private sector here have initiated complementary initiatives to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) on the local economy while preventing the deadly disease from infecting more residents. When the community quarantine started right after the national health emergency declaration in March, the business sector immediately volunteered […]
Anti-Terror Law vital tool in securing the city-TF-Davao Commander
DAVAO CITY –— Colonel Consolidito Yecla, the Commander of Task Force Davao said the recently signed Anti-Terrorism Law is one of the vital tools in securing the city. “Anti-Terrorism Law should not be feared. Instead, it should be embraced by Davaoeños practicing the culture of security to protect the city against terror,” he stressed. But […]
Disgruntled NPA supporters in Davao Oro condemn rebel atrocities
DAVAO CITY–At least 150 disgruntled supporters of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) in Davao de Oro condemned the rebel movement for various atrocities, the military said in a statement on Tuesday. The Army’s 10th Infantry Division (10ID) said that the former CPP-NPA-NDF supporters used to be members of the […]
TF-Davao and PDEA net P.8-million bust in a day
DAVAO CITY — The massive intelligence and inter-agency collaboration in the fight against illegal drugs in the city have yielded P801,800 worth of confiscated drugs in two separate operations today, June 29. Task Force Davao Commander Consolito Yecla told Newsline, at around 1:45 in the afternoon on Monday, personnel of the composite team from task […]
DOH XI reports 21 new cases of Covid-19
DAVAO CITY — The Department of Health Region XI reported 21 new cases in Davao region as of 5:00 in the afternoon of June 28. Of the 21 new cases, eight are from the following barangays of Davao City: 23-C (3) and (1) death; 76-A (1); Governor Vicente Duterte (2) and Dalagdag (1). Davao de […]
IGaCoS registered confirmed Covid-19 case anew
Davao City — Island Garden City of Samal has registered its new confirmed case of COVID 19 today, June 20, 2020. A 4-year-old male child from Barangay San Jose who had been stranded together with his family in Bohol since March 11, this year. The family has arrived IGACOS last June 10 from Cagayan de […]
Anti-terror bill needed to provide security and spur economic growth- Gov Jubahib
DAVAO CITY — Davao Del Norte Governor Edwin I. Jubahib is fully supporting the recently approved Anti-Terrorism Bill saying it will provide security among people especially in the countryside and will spur economic development in the center. “We are supporting the bill because we need it to protect our people against the threat of terrorism. […]
DepEd should consider select face-to-face classes-Alvarez
DAVAO CITY — Representative Pantaleon D. Alvarez, 1st District Davao del Norte, suggests that the Department of Education (DepEd) should consider face-to-face classes for areas with low-risk of COVID-19 infections and/or limited digital capacity. In a statement, Alvarez has shared the following insights regarding the DepEd issue on the mode of learning amid continuing public […]
DavOr provincial jail inmates, personnel undergo Covid-19 swab test
MATI CITY, DAVAO ORIENTAL — Some thirty-one (31) inmates and personnel of the Davao Oriental Reformatory and Rehabilitation Center underwent swab testing for Coronavirus-19 on Monday. In a press statement issued by the provincial information office, it stated that the Provincial Task Force on COVID-19 has started the select mandatory swab testing for COVID-19 in […]