In the home city of President Duterte, two different programs were held with different themes on the commemoration of the 122nd Independence Day.
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“Justice delayed, justice denied,” says Fidelina Margarita Valle, columnist for Davao Today, remembering her experience a year ago being taken by police agents at an airport.
Despite calls for mass testing trending on social media, daily wage earners out on the street no little what this means and how it will help in the fight against the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.
“Right now, it’s between afraid of dying from COVID or dying from hunger.”
Seven activists were arrested by police authorities after dispersing a peaceful protest action against the Anti-Terror Bill on Friday morning, June 5, in Cebu City.
The Davao City Council is pushing for an ordinance to provide tax relief and incentives for business establishments in the city whose operations were disrupted due to the lockdown to address the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
A vendor resumes selling his goods at the city’s main market, Bankerohan Public Market, as the city goes under general quarantine. Vendors shake off concerns that COVID-19 has infected one vendor as they are more concerned of their family’s survival. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)
The rescue last Friday of Covid-19 patient Arani Hajiba who went missing for days was met with mixed responses of condemnation to sympathy from netizens.
Davao City has shifted into General Community Quarantine (GCQ) beginning Saturday, May 16, as recommended by the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) with some restrictions in place.
A member of Davao City’s Central 911 Emergency Response Center is relieved following a shooting incident and violation of Covid-19 quarantine rules.
