DAVAO CITY — Officials from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources conducted a site visit and inspection at Hallmark Mining Corportation and Austral-Asia Link Mining Corporation in sitio Magum, Barangay Macambol in Mati City Davao Oriental on May 2, 2023. The facebook page of DENR Davao stated that the activity was led by Assistant […]
Environment
Davao Region’s Ocean month kicks off at De Oro’s protected landscape and seascape
DAVAO CITY — To dramatize the campaign for sustainable environmenal protection and preservation, the environment regional office here highlighted the Ocean Month celebration by holding series of activities with the the stakeholders at Mabini Protected Landscape and Seascape (MPLS), in the town of , Davao de Oro on Saturday In a press statement, the Department […]
DA to farmers group: Submit proposal on P15k El Niño subsidy
DAVAO CITY – The Department of Agricluture urged the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas to submit to them a proposal on their request for a P15,000 subsidy for agricultural workers and fisherfolks to cushion the impact of the impending El Niño as projected by PAGASA. Danilo Ramos of KMP claimed some 13.6 million farmers, fisherfolk, and […]
20 structures near danger zones demolished in Davao
DAVAO CITY — To prevent any untoward incident occuring during calamity, the city government of Davao ordered the demolition of about 200 structures mostly constructed near the danger zones and waterways. Angel Sumagaysay, the chief of the city’s Public Safety and Security Office-River Patrol Monitoring Team (PSSO-RPMT) said about 200 illegally built structures near and […]
PAGASA issue El Niño alert
DAVAO CITY —– The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Tuesday raised the El Niño Alert status as it expects the weather phenomenon to emerge in the coming months starting June. In a statement, PAGASA administrator Vicente B. Milano said his agency “Has been continuously monitoring the developing El Niño conditions in […]
Rescued Sea turtle turned over to Aboitiz Cleanergy Park
DAVAO CITY –— A weak and dehydrated female hawksbill sea turtle was turned over to the Aboitiz Cleanergy Park on April 14 by government officials from Lasang, Davao City. It will be provided with veterinary care and observed at the facility until fully recovered and can be released back into the wild. A hawksbill sea […]
BARMM consults stakeholders on moving government center to Maguindanao del Norte
COTABATO CITY — The plan of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) to move its capital from THIS City to nearby Parang town in Maguindanao del Norte gained traction with public consultation done on Monday. The Muslim Mindanao Autonomy Act No. 42 was passed on September 22, 1995, with the intention of making […]
Camiguin readies in case of volcanic eruption
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and Office of Civil Defense (OCD) in Region 10 conducted a 3-day Workshop on Contingency Plan on Volcanic Eruption in Mambjao, Camiguin on April 12-14. Close to 300 participants from local government unit, national line agencies, and barangay officials across the island joined the workshop that aimed to […]
BFP offers safety tips during lightning storm
Following the incident where five young adults died and another one sustained injury in Digos City due to a lightning strike on Easter Sunday, April 9, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) in the city issued safety tips during a lightning storm. The victims were celebrating Easter Sunday in Camp Madeger, Barangay Binaton when a […]
26 Davao de Oro farmers’ groups get P24-M agri machinery
The Department of Agriculture (DA) through the Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (Philmech) has turne4d over a grant of P24.18 million agricultural machinery to 26 farmers’ cooperatives in the in province of Davao de Oro. The 45 farm machinery were turned over to cooperatives and farmers’ associations in 8 rice-producing municipalities in the […]
Lightning kills five of six Easter wanderers
DAVAO CITY –— FIve in a group of six were kileld when a lightning hit their tent while on vacation at Camp Madeg’ger, Barangay Binaton, Digos City, Davao del Sur at 6:30 last night April 9, Easter Sunday. The five victims were decalred dead upon arrival at a local hospital in Digos City, some 62 […]
White sand in Sarangani town illegally hauled
GLAN, Sarangani Province— Local authorities here impounded an elf truck fully loaded with smuggled white sand from the bays of Glan town in Sarangani province. On Tuesday night, April 4, Jury Basalo, village chief of barangay Taluya, together with barangay auxillaries locked an elf truck loaded with white sand and a pick-up truck carrying empty […]
DAR-XI distributes 1,900 hectares of land in Davao region
The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) is set to distribute the Certificate of Land Ownership Award (CLOA) for close to two thousand hectares of land to farmers in the Davao Region. Hundreds of farmer-beneficiaries are expected to get their CLOA after years of waiting for their proof of land ownership. DAR Region XI Director Joseph […]