State of calamity in Bohol, Cebu after 7.2 quake
by DAVAO TODAY DAVAO CITY-- The government has placed Bohol and Cebu under a "state of calamity" after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake damaged infrastructure and caused a reported 99 deaths. This,…
Angela Librado-Trinidad (left) gets support from former Mayor Sara Duterte (right) in her candidacy for barangay chair of Matina Crossing or 74-A. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)
Former councilors go back to their roots
By TYRONE A. VELEZ Davao Today DAVAO CITY-- This year’s barangay elections has former councilors going back to their roots. Filing their candidacies Tuesday as punong barangay or barangay…
Duterte orders arrest of overspeeding ‘uso-uso’ drivers, drag racers
By TYRONE A. VELEZ Davao Today Davao City – Fed up with cases of over-speeding drivers of ‘uso-uso’ jeepneys (passenger vehicles with modified engines) and drag racers, City Mayor Rodrigo…
Mother and child. (davaotoday.com photo by Earl O. Condeza)
Missing rice, livestock greet Matigsalug’s return
Some 300 Matigsalug evacuees were dismayed to learn that upon returning home to Side Four village, Barangay Mangayon, their water system was cut off, rice supplies and livestock were missing and their houses were riddled with bullets.
Today’s View : A De-facto Martial Law
By DON J. PAGUSARA DAVAO TODAY It’s happening! And it’s happening in more terrible and ferocious fashion! There’s no need to ask: Where’s the Martial Law proclamation? It’s clear as…