Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio dispelled a “fake” social media post that the City Government of Davao is re-imposing a lockdown after a surge of COVID-19 cases in the city.
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A mall employee whiles away the time watching a video as his jeepney ride is stuck in traffic as thousands rush home to beat the city-government’s 7 pm curfew on Wednesday, October 21, 2020. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)
Halloween and Christmas parties, including ‘trick-or-treat’ events in public will be prohibited by the city government to prevent the spread and transmission of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
Davao City will install three new police stations and 160 additional police personnel to add to the city’s security and safety measures, local officials said.
The Davao City Hall of Justice will be closed temporarily until October 30 after ten court employees tested positive for Covid-19.
The ninth death anniversary of Italian missionary Fr. Fausto ‘Pops’ Tentorio PIME will fall on October 17. While the quest for justice has dragged on this long, the young people, the Lumad and scholars he had supported will honor his legacy with a tribute for his being “a true servant of the people”.
The low buying price brought by rice liberalization has been killing farmers and the local economy.
Davao City will set the mandatory use of QR (Quick Response) Code starting November in all offices and business establishments to fast track contact tracing of Covid-19 cases.
Seven suspects of the September 2016 Roxas Night Market bombing were convicted by the Taguig Regional Trial Court for murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Neraya (not her real name) has to travel with her 12-year old daughter from Hagonoy, Davao del Sur to Davao City twice a month to treat her lupus through kidney dialysis and steroid medication in the government-ran Southern Philippine Medical Center.
