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Davao City First District Representative Paolo Duterte exchanges pleasantries with his younger brother, Mayor Sebastian Duterte, upon his arrival during Parada Dabawenyo at San Pedro Square on Saturday. Rep. Duterte recently released his accomplishments from October 2022 to March 2023 as a second-term member of the House of Representatives.LEAN DAVAL JR.

39 bills highlight Rep. Pulong’s accomplishments in Congress

Davao City First Congressional District Representative Paolo Z. Duterte released over the weekend his accomplishments from October 2022 to March 2023 in his second...
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Felipe Medalla says it is timely for the BSP to ensure that QR-enabled payments are supported through the interoperable QR Ph standard. He added that this way, payment service providers (PSPs) and their clients would be able to fully realize the benefits brought by the convenience, speed, and ease of using QR Ph. LEAN DVAL JR.

BSP chief: PH banks still safe and sound

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Felipe Medalla on Friday assured the public that the country’s “banking system remains safe and sound” amid the...
Senator Robinhood Padilla, chair of the Committee on Constitutional Amendments, leads the public hearing on Constitutional Amendments and Revision of Codes held at The Royal Mandaya Hotel in Davao City on Thursday. LEAN DAVAL JR.

Sen. Padilla sees no need to ask PDP-Laban support on Cha-cha

It should be innate for his partymates in Partido Demokratiko Pilipino - Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) to support his push to amend the economic...

Rigo urges Dabawenyos to be security-conscious amidst revelry

Amidst the busy charter anniversary month for Davao City, Rodrigo “Rigo” Duterte II urged the Dabawenyos to practice the culture of security by adopting...

Pelayo is Mutya ng Dabaw 2023

After a three-year absence due to the pandemic, a new Mutya ng Dabaw has been crowned. Maria Isabel Pelayo of Barangay Indangan bested 29 other...

Delvo back in Davao as new PRO reg’l director

Philippine National Police (PNP) chief General Rodolfo Azurin Jr. has designated a familiar face in Brigadier General Alden Delvo to replace Brigadier Gen Benjamin...

‘Reyna’ pushes for implementation of pending anti-discrimination ordinance

Newly-crowned Reyna Dabawenya 2023 Sheila Magpale III vowed to work hard for the implementation of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of the city’s...

Davao’s religious sector decries SOGIE bill, says provisions discriminatory to religion, IPs

A religious sector in Davao City decried the provisions of the proposed sexual orientation, gender identity expression, and sexual characteristics (SOGIESC) bill claiming that...
Personnel from the Office of Vice President Sara Duterte distribute food packs to fire survivors in Barangay 21-C, Davao City on Monday (27 February 2023). At least a thousand fire survivors are now temporarily living in different evacuation centers after a fire hit a residential area on February 25. MindaNews Photo

OVP-DOC releases over 1k food boxes for third tranche of Davao City...

The Office of the Vice President Disaster Operations Center (OVP-DOC) on Thursday released food boxes to cover the third tranche of relief operations to...
It takes 22-30 minutes via boat to go to Samal from Davao City.

P1.5-B submarine cable won’t alleviate Samal’s power woes: consumers group

The P1.5-billion submarine cable project that will link up the Island Garden City of Samal (Igacos) to a grid in Pantukan, Davao de Oro...