TREASURED MOMENT. Datu Sintunan Malibato (left), a staunch leader of Manobo tribe in Kapalong, Davao del Norte gets emotional as his son hands over his medal during the graduation and moving-up ceremony of Bakwit schools at Redemptorist Church in Davao City on Friday, April 5. (More…) (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)
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Authorities here are set to tighten security this Holy week following Wednesday’s explosion in Isulan, Sultan Kudarat.
A private developer has submitted an unsolicited proposal to upgrade the Davao International Airport by 2020 to cater more arrivals and give a better passenger experience.
Cavendish banana continue to drop its production as “Panama disease” coupled with the devastations of the El Niño phenomenon continues to affect huge hectares of agricultural lands in the region.
A call to strengthen the efforts to protect the Davao Gulf was raised on Tuesday’s regular session of the Sangguniang Panlunsod after a dead whale was found with more than 88 pounds of plastic wastes jammed into its belly.
Nearly two years of never-ending struggle to go back to where their houses once stood, the women and the youth held another show of anger and dismay over the failure of the government to improve the ground zero here, the scene of the heaviest battles of the armed forces and Maute group in 2017.
The sixteen-day celebration of the 82nd Araw ng Davao concluded successfully on Saturday, March 16, with the Parada Dabawenyo that was joined by thousands of participants.
Living inside a noisy, hot, and difficult shelter for years is how an 11-year-old Manobo girl describes her temporary yet almost permanent shelter inside the evacuation center of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines – Haran (UCCP-Haran).
Seven administration senatorial candidates and two party-list groups are expected to participate during the Parada Dabawenyo on Saturday, March 16, Acting City Treasurer and 82nd Araw ng Dabaw Parade Head Erwin P. Alparaque said.
Series of big events are set to be performed in Davao City and authorities now brace for the influx of visitors, both local and foreign, in the city starting this week.