DAVAO CITY — The city’s Task Force COVID revealed number of vehicles denied entry to the city due to the implementation of the Partial Lockdown at Lasang Checkpoint. As of early this morning, March 16, 20: vehicles Advised to return to Tagum City:- 3 buses with passengers- 5 vans with passengers- 20 private vehicles – […]
Davao Region
Davao City cancels flag-raising ceremony, issues guidelines on Covid-19
DAVAO CITY —- The City Government of Davao on Sunday issued guidelines in the midst of the national government’s Code Red alert over Coronavirus 2019 (Covid-19), among which is the cancellation of the Monday flag-raising ceremony for City Hall employees. The a statement: the city government emphasized: IMPORTANT: DAVAO CITY GOVERNMENT GUIDELINES No.3 FOR COVID-19 […]
P5M halfway house for FRs to rise in DavNor
TAGUM CITY — The provincial government of Davao del Norte has started the construction of the PHP5 million Halfway House for former rebels. The proposed structure will rise inside the compound of the 60th IB Philippine Army, Doña Andrea, Asuncion. Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG 11) Assistant Regional Director Abdullah Matalam said the Halfway house is […]
Samal-Davao bridge breaks ground in July
DAVAO CITY — The much-talked about and long-awaited Davao-Samal bridge project is set to break ground in July this year, this was announced by Davao del Norte Governor Edwin I. Jubahid on Saturday, February 29, 2020. Jubahib in an interview with Newsline said the final engineering design of the P23-billion project is now being worked out “It plans pushes […]
DavOr dispatches ‘Pulis sa Barangay’
DAVAO ORIENTAL – Twenty-seven members of the Philippine National Police have been deployed in various villages of the province as it led in the Revitalized Pulis sa barangay Program of the PNP XI. The first batch of police officers were formally deployed during a simple send-off ceremony on Monday, February 24, 2020, which is anchored on President Rodrigo […]
Davao City bans welcome, send-off groups in transport hubs
DAVAO CITY — The city government here will permanently ban starting Tuesday (February 11) all welcome and send-off groups in all transportation hubs in the city. Mayor Sara Duterte announced the ban on Monday, saying it will take effect in airports, seaports, bus terminals, and other transportation hubs. “It is not only because of the 2019 […]
ASF hits two villages in Davao City
DAVAO CITY —The city government has imposed a lockdown in two villages to prevent spread of African Swine Fever (ASF) virus. This, after Department of Agriculture XI (Davao Region) and the City Veterinarian Office in a press briefing Wednesday, confirmed that six (6) blood samples taken from swine in the villages of Dominga and Lamanan, […]
Davao City bans entry of pigs, pork products from neighboring provinces
DAVAO CITY – The confirmed cases of African Swine Fever in Davao Occidental and a suspected case in Davao del Sur, has prompted the city government to ban the entry of live pigs, pork meat and other bi-products from said provinces.starting Monday, February 3.. In an interview with the media, Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio explained that the […]
No confirmed coronavirus in Davao City-CHO
DAVAO CITY — There is no confirmed case of Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) here. But the city government statement said, the City Health Office is monitoring eight Chinese nationals who recently arrived in the city. In a statement released Thursday night, Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio Mayor, assured the people of Davao that the city government “has been […]
RPOC to UCCP Haran leaders : Stop exploiting IPs
DAVAO CITY —Davao Oriental Governor and Regional Peace and Order Council chairman Nelson Dayanghirang called on the leaders of United Church of Christ of the Philippines (UCCP) Haran to stop abusing the innocence and the rights of the Indigenous People who are inside their compound along Fr. Selga St. this city. Chaos ensued when Jubahib […]
Faustino is new Eastmincom Commander
DAVAO CITY – Major General Jose C. Faustino will assume today, January 25, as the 12th Commander of the Eastern Mindanao Command (Eastmincom). Faustino Jr., used to be the Commander of the 10th Infantry Division, Philippine Army, will assume the Command from BGen. Alfredo V. Rosario who was designated as Acting Commander when Gen. Santos Jr. was appointed as […]
Bayan Muna slams RPOC over UCCP Haran closure
DAVAO CITY — The Party List Bayan Muna slammed the Regional Peace and Order Council XI (RPOC XI) over its planned closure of the United Church of Christ (UCCP) Haran center, saying closing it will just add problem not a solution to the plight of the evacuess. In a press statement, Bayan Muna Representative Eufemia […]
500 DavOr job order employees undergo drug test
MATI, DAVAO ORIENTAL— Some 500 job order employees of the Provincial Government of Davao Oriental underwent a mandatory drug testing on the Monday, January 20, at the Provincial Capitol. Of the 2,500 job order employees, 500 underwent the test which was facilitated by the Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Council (PADAC) in partnership with the Philippine Drug […]