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Read more about the article Reduce disaster risk in gov’t-funded small enterprises
NOT PREPARED. Department of Science and Technology 11 Regional Director Anthony Sales (right) says few government agencies still do not take seriously the earthquake preparedness. Sales says every agency must at least have one trained personnel to attend to injuries, and should have working sirens that alert personnel during earthquakes and other calamities. Behind him is DOST Undersecretary Renato Solidum in a press conference in Davao City on Thursday, June 1. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Reduce disaster risk in gov’t-funded small enterprises

The government is eyeing on improving the disaster resiliency of small technology-based businesses which were provided with start-up funds.

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Read more about the article Bishop says it’s up to the Duterte government to save peace talks
Iglesia Filipina Independiente Bishop Felixberto Calang, convenor of the Sowing the Seeds of Peace Movement in Mindanao chats with Presidential Peace Adviser Jesus Dureza after the opening ceremony of the fourth round of the GRP-NDFP peace talks in Radisson Blu Palace Hotel in Noordwijk, the Netherlands on Monday, April 3, 2017. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

Bishop says it’s up to the Duterte government to save peace talks

With the delay of the resumption of the negotiations, a church leader said it is up to the Duterte administration to “salvage” the peace talks between the government and the communists.

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Read more about the article Top Davao University feted as Employer of the Year
University of Mindanao (UM) Chief Operating Officer Gloria Detoya presents the trophy of the Employer of the Year for Mindanao Award by the People Management Association of the Philippines (PMAP) to the university's Board of Trustees headed by Chairman and CEO Guillermo Torres (Center). (Photo from the University of Mindanao's Facebook page)

Top Davao University feted as Employer of the Year

After bagging the first two posts in top notchers list of the June 2018 Criminology Licensure Exam (CLE), the University of Mindanao was honored with the Employer of the Year for Mindanao Award by the People Management Association of the Philippines (PMAP).

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Read more about the article New SK Fed head sits at Council session
Photo from Jaffar Marohomsalic's Facebook page

New SK Fed head sits at Council session

In his first day as the youth representative to the Davao City Council, newly elected Sangguniang Kabataan Federation President Jaffar U. Marohomsalic took oath as the new committee head for Youth and Sports and Development which was previously headed by Councilor April Marie Dayap.

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Read more about the article Group asks city to create the children concerns’ office
The Davao City Hall (davaotoday.com)

Group asks city to create the children concerns’ office

A children's rights organization here has asked the city government to establish the Special Office for Children’s Concerns (SOCC), which has long been stipulated in the children's code but remained unimplemented.

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