The monument of national hero, Andres Bonifacio in Davao City is filled with flowers after the local government agencies and private sectors pay tribute to the father of the Philippine Revolution on Wednesday, Nov.30, 2016. (Robby Joy Salveron/davaotoday.com)
It was a festive atmosphere with a volley of fire and taps and offering of flowers as Davaoeños commemorated Bonifacio’s Birth Anniversary early morning Wednesday.
The City Council’s regular session was adjourned Tuesday morning after it failed to reach a quorum.
The Rotary Club of Downtown Davao and the Tecarro College Foundation Inc., will host the first Mindanao-wide Peace Bodies Organization for Change training for youth leaders in communicating peace.
A still unverified overseas Filipino worker from Compostela Valley province could be facing criminal charges for abandoning her 3-month old son at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Friday, Nov. 25.
November 23, 2009 is a day that will forever live in infamy, not only for the Philippine media community, which lost 32 of its own in what is now acknowledged as the single deadliest attack on the press on record, but also the for the country’s body politic, for which the slaughter was the worst incident of electoral violence in the country’s recent history.
November 20 is the anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), which mandates and obliges governments, including the Philippines to uphold children’s rights to survival, development, protection and participation.
Mayor Sara Duterte has ordered the creation of the Local Zoning Review Committee which will be responsible for the “efficient and effective implementation” of the city’s development plans, programs, objectives, and priorities.
The city’s Lingap Para sa Mahirap, a government program which caters to the needs of indigent patients has transferred to its new office.
A 2015 population census showed that Davao del Sur was the fastest growing province in Davao region with an average annual population growth of 1.84 percent.
