Various rescue and response units in the city conducted an earthquake rehearsal drill Saturday, June 24, in preparation for next week’s National Simultaneous Earthquake Drill (NSED) 2017.
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A month after the island of Mindanao has been placed under martial rule, Eastern Mindanao Command Deputy Commander Brigadier General Gilbert Gapay said that they have successfully “prevented the spillover of terrorism” in Eastern Mindanao.
The Davao City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office will hold a city-wide drill in anticipation of earthquakes and tsunamis.
Various progressive groups here protested in front of the Commission of Human Rights XI on Friday, June 23, slamming the claim of CHR that no violation of human rights was recorded a month after President Rodrigo Duterte’s declaration of Martial Law in Mindanao.
Progressive groups in Davao City appeal to President Rodrigo Duterte to lift Martial Law in Mindanao because of the rise of human rights violations. Activists protested in front of the office of the Commission of Human Rights XI on Friday, June 23, a month after Duterte declared Martial Law. (Robby Joy D. Salveron/davaotoday.com)
The Interface Development Interventions (IDIS) appealed to the National Water Regulatory Board (NWRB) to give power to the city government to monitor water resources.
There will be no compromises to this year’s celebration of Kadayawan festival, a city official said.
Residents in Barangay 23-C in Davao City keenly looks at two banners of terrorist watch list posted outside a building near the barangay hall. Military forces continue to hunt down terrorists as crisis in Marawi continues.(Robby Joy D. Salveron/davaotoday.com)
In-house evacuees from Marawi and neighboring towns in Lanao del Sur province who are in Davao City receive relief goods from government and non-government organizations after the “Duyog Ramadan”, an interfaith forum-discussion held in a gym in Barangay 23-C, on Friday, June 16. (Robby Joy D. Salveron/davaotoday.com)
About 400 individuals from Marawi City and other neighboring cities have evacuated here in the city as Marawi crisis continues.
