Read more about the article Davao plans to get P8-M mobile relief equipment
STOPS AND STARTS. The government’s distribution of food packs to flood victims in Davao City’s 15 villages has been stopped Thursday for the latter to go back to their normal lives, says Maria Luisa Bermudo (left) of the Social Service and Development Office during the January 24 I-Speak. As of January 23 5PM, she added, the city has served 14,222 families or 40,968 dependents. Her office will start conducting psycho-social interventions in the affected communities. Meanwhile, Chief of Public Safety and Command Center Magno Adalin (right) said they will set up Telemetric Monitoring System at the Davao River for a faster detection of water level to alert and prepare the people from impending floods. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)

Davao plans to get P8-M mobile relief equipment

The city government is mulling to acquire an equipment that provides immediate relief to affected residents, including cooking equipment.

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Read more about the article CHO debuts dengue rapid testing kit
Health Officer Dr. Josephine Villafuerte holds a Dengue Rapid Diagnostic Test which makes detection of low platelet count in the blood of a person potentially sick of Dengue within minutes on Thursday, January 4. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

CHO debuts dengue rapid testing kit

A diagnostic test kit able to detect low platelet counts in potential dengue victim's blood within minutes is now available the city's health centers this year, City Health Officer Dr. Josephine Villafuerte said in a press conference on Thursday, Jan. 4.

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Read more about the article Lawmaker to probe on abuses vs Bukidnon farmers recruited in Hacienda Luisita
Anakpawis Partylist Rep. Ariel Casilao said In a phone interview with Davao Today, the farmers took a ferry from the Manila Pier going to Cagayan de Oro City. (davaotoday.com file photo)

Lawmaker to probe on abuses vs Bukidnon farmers recruited in Hacienda Luisita

Anakpawis Representative Ariel Casilao is set to file a house resolution to investigate the alleged abuses against farmers from Bukidnon province recruited to work in Hacienda Luisita.

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Read more about the article Solons bash Duterte’s economic managers over SSS pension hike
Bayan Muna Partylist Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate and former Rep. Neri Colmenares, also from Bayan Muna Partylist (davaotoday.com file photo)

Solons bash Duterte’s economic managers over SSS pension hike

Militant lawmakers slammed the economic managers of President Rodrigo Duterte over the Social Security System pension hike issue and dared them to live with P40 only, the present daily equivalent of the P1,200 monthly base pension of the country’s SSS pensioners.

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