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Read more about the article Davao City increases COVID testing and tracing
FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19. Members of Davao City Transport and Traffic Management Office (CTTMO) distribute free face masks and pocket-size alcohol to public utility jeepney drivers along San Pedro Street to help fight the spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19), as the city faces a rising count of infections that have reached 1,000 this week. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)

Davao City increases COVID testing and tracing

The Davao City Government will be expanding its COVID-19 testing and “surveillance” of communities with COVID-19 cases to address the possible new surge of new variants.

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Read more about the article Rights group urge court to reinvestigate murder charges on chairperson and regional officer

Rights group urge court to reinvestigate murder charges on chairperson and regional officer

Human rights group KARAPATAN urged a Davao City court to conduct a reinvestigation and recall the arrest warrants on their national chairperson Elisa Lubi and Southern Mindanao Region Secretary General Jay Apiag on charges of attempted murder.

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Read more about the article Beaches, resorts in Davao closed for Holy Week
MAINTENANCE. At 4:00 am, workers at a beach resort start collecting thrash on the shorelines as they expect the influx of tourists on Sunday. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)

Beaches, resorts in Davao closed for Holy Week

Beaches and resorts in Davao City will be closed to the public during the Holy Week from April 1 to 4 as ordered by Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio to prevent public gatherings that might transmit COVID-19.

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Read more about the article ‘Give Earth a break from trash this Holy Week’
A worker sprays disinfectant on the pile of garbage to eliminate odor and repel flies at the sanitary landfill in Barangay Pagalungan, Cagayan de Oro Thursday (Jan. 30). The city government plans to allow nearby municipalities to dump their trash here for a fee. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

‘Give Earth a break from trash this Holy Week’

The Roman Catholic Church’s Caritas Philippines together with EcoWaste Coalition is appealing to its faithful and to those who observe the Holy Week to mark it with acts that could lessen pollution in the environment.

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Read more about the article Gov’t freezes UCCP Haran deposit for ‘terrorism financing’
(From left to right)UCCP SEMJA Bishop Hamuel Tequis, UCCP MLJA Bishop Emergencio Padillo,NCCP General Secretary Bishop Norman Marigza, UCCP General Secretary Bishop Melzar Labuntog, Salugpongan leaders Datu Tungig Mansimuy-at and Datu Guinom Andil during a press conference at the UCCP Haran Center on Thursday, January 30. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)

Gov’t freezes UCCP Haran deposit for ‘terrorism financing’

The United Church of Christ of the Philippines Southeast Mindanao Haran Center, which houses the displaced Lumad families from Talaingod and Kapalong, is dismayed by the freezing of its bank deposit by the Anti-Money Laundering Council.

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