Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista said the project is unaffected by the cancellation of the loan agreement as the project has been approved already by the National Economic Development Agency (NEDA).
Ibuyan, Apostol, Ungab, and Abella are familiar names in Davao City local politics yet the first three lost their reelection bids as barangay captains, while Abella failed his comeback for barangay captain, in Monday’s Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections. Yet, another Duterte made it into local politics.
An annual audit report from COA showed the local government's confidential funds tripled under Sara's mayoral term.
The city’s lawmakers have given the green light to shift to the digitalization of their documents in a proposed ordinance filed by the Committee of Information Technology (CIT).
The Davao City Government will get an additional Php 2.58 billion supplemental budget for the calendar year 2023, with the City Mayor's office getting the highest piece of the budget worth Php 647 million for projects.