DAVAO CITY, Philippines – Now that it has happened, the question remains: can former President Rodrigo ‘Digong’ Duterte serve as mayor even if he’s 11,000 kilometers away from Davao City? Duterte, detained in The Hague as he faced trial at the International Criminal Court for his war on drugs...
By LUCELLE F. BONZO Davao Today DAVAO CITY, Philippines – The City Council of the Island Garden City of Samal (IGACOS) has declared a state of calamity for the entire island due to an ongoing power crisis and increasing public dissatisfaction. Since February 28, the...
By LUCELLE F. BONZO Davao Today DAVAO CITY, Philippines – More than 150 sidewalk vendors near the newly developed three-story structure of the Agdao Public Market have appealed to the local government for relocation after being barred from selling in the area since...
The Magsasaka at Siyentipiko para sa Pag-unlad ng Agrikultura (MASIPAG), a network of farmer-scientists, has called on local governments to take the lead in preventing the commercial release of genetically modified crops Golden Rice and Bacillus thuringiensis eggplant, citing potential dangers.
The city council has passed an ordinance to create a space free from bullying in public and private spaces, online platforms, workplaces, and educational institutions.
“He is still not convicted (of the charges against him), it needs to be proven in court at a proper hearing. We still have to present evidence in defense of our client.”
Ateneo de Davao University is launching a campaign to re-introduce the ‘bayong’ in the city’s largest public market Bankerohan to help reduce the use of plastic bags in the city.
Lawyers criticized the Surigao del Sur police for its surveillance of a public attorney giving legal aid to suspected rebels in court.
23,009 families in Davao region have been delisted this year from the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, properly known as 4Ps.
The Davao de Oro provincial government has placed the province under a state of calamity due to the impact of a series of earthquakes since March 6, which local officials said affected more than 200,000 families.
A series of earthquakes for two days have forced the cancellation of Davao de Oro’s Bulawan Festival for March 7 and 8.
The city government’s direction of modernizing public transport is making jeepney drivers worried as their units will be phased out and they will lose their source of income.
Leaders of an indigenous community in Davao de Oro have protested the recognition of a chairman for an indigenous people’s group in a Davao de Oro town by the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP).