The provincial government is set to declare Davao del Norte under a state of calamity due to the havoc caused by the intense dry spell.
The Davao Light and Power Company (DLPC) announced that there will be no rotational brownouts during the upcoming four-week maintenance shutdown of the Unit 2 of Therma South Inc. (TSI) power plant in the city, on June 18 to July 6.
The Office of the Ombudsman dismissed the case of kidnapping and serious illegal detention against Bayan Muna Partylist lawmaker Carlos Isagani Zarate and seven other activists over the mass evacuation of indigenous people in a church compound here.
Workers in a Japanese fruit processing company here halted its operation by blocking its gates ?on Wednesday, May 25, protesting the ?alleged illegal dismissal ?of employees.
The City Health Office (CHO) ?said the proposed three-child policy of President-elect Rodrigo Duterte to trim down the family size "will be a good policy that will curb overpopulation".