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Read more about the article Envi group to Davao City: Strengthen waste management before incineration project
NO SEGREGATION. Residents dispose of their garbage at a collection point in Barangay 11-B, Davao City. Their waste is placed in sacks and large garbage bags, with biodegradable, recyclable and residual waste often mixed together. (DAVAO TODAY Photo/Christine Bustamante)

Envi group to Davao City: Strengthen waste management before incineration project

DAVAO CITY, Philippines — Davao City residents complained that their efforts to segregate trash at home were wasted when collectors mixed all trash at collection points, raising questions about the…

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Read more about the article No respiratory cases linked to Davao haze, but surveillance intensifies 
Haze hovers over Davao Gulf area around 9 am this morning taken from a passenger plane leaving Davao International Airport. Photo by Leo XL Fuentes

No respiratory cases linked to Davao haze, but surveillance intensifies 

DAVAO CITY, Philippines—The Department of Health in Davao Region reported no respiratory cases or other untoward health events linked to the ongoing haze, even as "very unhealthy" levels of PM2.5…

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Read more about the article Davao air quality turns ‘very unhealthy’ amid Indonesia haze
Haze hovers over Davao Gulf area around 9 am this morning taken from a passenger plane leaving Davao International Airport. Photo by Leo XL Fuentes

Davao air quality turns ‘very unhealthy’ amid Indonesia haze

DAVAO CITY, Philippines — Air quality in parts of Davao Region has deteriorated to “very unhealthy” levels for PM2.5, according to the latest monitoring data released by the Environmental Management…

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Read more about the article Flood devastates Davao homes despite billions in control projects
DRYING. Flood-damaged furniture and other items sit outside homes in NHA Bangkal, Davao City, Philippines, on July 24, after flooding submerged the area. Photo taken July 28, 2026. (DAVAO TODAY Photo/Marianne Guinoo, Contributor)

Flood devastates Davao homes despite billions in control projects

DAVAO CITY, Philippines — When floodwaters breached the doorways of Purok 4-B on July 24, Luzminda Labor watched her family's livelihood disappear into the surge.  Her appliances sank beneath murky water,…

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Read more about the article 12 dead as monsoon rains trigger landslides, flood across Mindanao
FLOOD RESPONSE. Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) personnel assist residents transporting belongings across floodwaters from southwest monsoon rains enhanced by Tropical Storm Inday. Response teams continue evacuation and rescue operations in affected areas. (PDRRMO Photo/Maguindanao del Norte)

12 dead as monsoon rains trigger landslides, flood across Mindanao

DAVAO CITY, Philippines — Just barely recovering a month after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Sarangani province in Mindanao, the death toll from a landslide that hit Sitio Pandao, Barangay Poblacion,…

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