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A contigent performs during the 38th Kadayawan sa Davao's Indak-Indak sa Kadayawan competition held at San Pedro Square in Davao City over the weekend. This year's Indak Indak sa Kadayawan not only attracted a huge crowd, but also criticisms from the Dabawenyos. LEAN DAVAL JR.

P59M allocated for this year’s Kadayawan sa Davao

City Tourism Operations Office (CTOO) Officer-In-Charge Jennifer Romero disclosed on Thursday that the Executive Committee (Execom) of Kadayawan sa Davao Festival has decided to...

City gov’t of Davao to send aid to disaster-hit LGUs in Luzon

The city government of Davao through the Davao City Disaster Council will be sending financial assistance to local government units (LGUs) in Luzon that...

City gov’t brings Peace 911 to Marilog to reduce use of land under...

Public Safety and Security Office (PSSO) head Angel Sumagaysay said on Thursday that they are bringing the Peace 911 in Marilog District to help...
Davao City Tourism Operations Office head Jennifer Romero (center), together with Davao MICE co-chair Gene Bangayan (2nd from right), Davao Tourism Association President Nicole Bian-Ledesma (rightmost), Public Safety and Security Office (PSSO) chief Angel Sumagaysay (2nd from left) and City Transport and Traffic Management Office (CTTMO) head Dionisio Abude Jr., leads the 39th Kadayawan sa Davao Festival media conference during this week's ISpeak media forum held at Rogen Inn Davao. The mediacon was also graced by the deputy mayors of the 11 tribes of Davao City. LEAN DAVAL JR

39th Kadayawan sa Davao Festival to showcase Dabawenyos’ resiliency, unity

Tourism leaders in Davao City expressed optimism that this year’s 39th Kadayawan sa Davao Festival will showcase the distinct qualities of resiliency and unity...

Korean company expresses interest in designing, constructing Mindanao railway

A Korean company has expressed its interest to construct the Mindanao Railway Project (MRP). In his letter of intent for the design and construction of...

More assistance distributed by First Congressional District Office

Davao City First District Representative Paolo “Pulong” Duterte recently distributed items solicited from the Office of the First Congressional District. Rep. Pulong was represented...

Petition to oust Marantan, reinstate 19 station commanders gaining ground

A petition to reinstate the relieved 19 station commanders of the Davao City Police Office (DCPO) to their previous post and the relief of...
Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) chair Secretary Leo Tereso Magno says the agency will reinvigorate the BIMP-EAGA or the Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia Philippines - East ASEAN Growth Area. LEAN DAVAL JR

MinDA reinvigorates BIMP-EAGA

The Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) will reinvigorate the BIMP-EAGA or the Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia Philippines - East ASEAN Growth Area. MinDA Chair...
Residents of a subdivision in Brgy. Sasa, Davao City fall in line with their containers to get water from a water tanker of Davao City Water District (DCWD) during one of the prolonged water outages in the northern part of the city due to pipe repairs and rehabilitations in this undated photo. DCWD has announced its implementation of the second tranche of water rate increase that will reflect in next month's billing. LEAN DAVAL JR

Dad appeals to DCWD to implement 10% water rate hike later this year

Councilor Louie John Bonguyan, chairperson of the Committee on Water and Medium Housing of the City Council, is appealing to the Davao City Water...
Vice President Sara Duterte discloses that her resignation as Education secretary stemmed from a personal conversation she had with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. during the 2022 presidential elections. LEAN DAVAL JR

75 security personnel of VP Sara relieved

Vice President Sara Duterte confirmed that a relief order was issued by the Chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) on Monday relieving all...