DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 3 December) — As the city’s garbage landfill at New Carmen is now way beyond capacity, a local firm is suggesting they could help out in solving the problem by introducing an innovative approach at handling
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 18 November) — Even with fever and common colds, Melinda Estandarte, 49, continues to sort out garbage and dissect alloys from discarded electronic products at the city’s garbage dump site in New Carmen in Tugbok District
ISLAND GARDEN CITY OF SAMAL, Davao del Norte (MindaNews / 28 September) — Even without their “Mama Bat,” the bats here are assured of their stay, and even for them to grow in number, in the Monfort Bat Cave as
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 2 September) — A proposed traffic scheme meant to ease vehicular traffic and decongest roads may end up worsening air pollution in the city, an environmentalist said. In an interview with MindaNews, Ecoteneo interim director Mark
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/August 17) — From battling illness weeks before the board exams, 24-year-old Marjun Bustamante Espinosa, Summa Cum Laude at the University of Mindanao (UM) Class of 2024, never imagined he would emerge as one of the country’s topnotchers
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 14 Aug) — The National Bureau of Investigation – Southeastern Mindanao Regional Office (NBI-SEMRO) filed charges on Wednesday against eight Chinese nationals arrested in a raid on an illegal Philippine offshore gaming operator (POGO) hub inside
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 13 Aug) — In a unanimous vote, the Davao City Council on Tuesday passed a resolution condemning comedian Jose Mari Viceral, more popularly known as “Vice Ganda,” for making satirical remarks that councilors said “mocked” former
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 11 August) – Acting City Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte on Sunday echoed allegations by Senator Panfilo Lacson that several members of the House of Representatives were getting kickbacks from projects implemented by the Department of Public
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 9 August) — Acting Davao City Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte on Friday said the impeachment complaint against his sister, Vice President Sara Duterte, was clearly political, and urged members of the House of Representatives to abide
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/August 5) — A city councilor here who was among the petitioners against the impeachment case on Vice President Sara Duterte said she and her fellow petitioners are “always ready” to defend their plea that the House of
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/04 August) — Government employees here are expected to start wearing ethnic-inspired barong uniforms every Monday “later this year,” following a city ordinance passed three years ago promoting this attire in the workplace. In an interview at the
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 02 August) — The signage installed near the Ma-a Flyover saying its delayed construction is due to “political pressure” is “false and misleading,” the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)-Region XI said. The signage, installed
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/July 31) — The Office of Civil Defense XI said they have not monitored any unusual sea movement across all coastal barangays of the Davao Region since 1:20 p.m. Wednesday following the tsunami alert issued by PHIVOLCS after
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 29 July) — The Union of Peoples’ Lawyers in Mindanao (UPLM) condemned the shooting of its former paralegal, Warren Cahayag, who was critically wounded in an attack carried out by unidentified gunmen in General Santos Monday
DAVAO CITY (July 28/MindaNews) – The three Dutertes in Congress walked out of the session hall on Monday morning to express their refusal to take part in the election of the new Speaker of the House of Representatives, describing the process
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 26 July) – Acting Davao City Mayor Sebastian Duterte said he will not show up on Sunday, July 27, for the boxing match with Philippine National Police Chief Nicolas Torre III at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum,
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 24 July) — Davao City Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte did not hold back when he said he wanted to punch a “monkey” — a jab clearly aimed at Philippine National Police chief Gen. Nicolas Torre III.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 23 July) — After the drama that was Pacquiao vs Barrios over the weekend, it seems the country will have another boxing match to watch just a week later: acting Davao City Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 22 July) — Acting Davao City Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte showcased his trademark Duterte clamor again, calling President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s presidency “the most inefficient administration that I have ever seen in my goddamn life” ahead
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/July 20) – Thirty-year old Mario Barrios of the United States retained his World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight crown against the 46-year old Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao of the Philippines, via a majority draw, the judges voting 115-113, 114-114,
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 16 July) — Five youths involved in a brawl at a 7-Eleven branch in Panabo City in Davao del Norte were asked to pay ₱10,000 for the damage they caused, not ₱200,000 as has gone viral
CA says no TEPO as issuing it would disrupt Samal-Davao bridge project DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 11 July) — The Court of Appeals on Friday denied the issuance of a Temporary Environmental Protection Order (TEPO) sought by environmental groups to
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/July 10) — Two male minors were arrested in a police operation following the robbery and stabbing of a 19-year-old student from the University of the Philippines Manila in Brgy. La Filipina, Tagum City, police said. The victim,
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 10 July) — There is still no permanent replacement for Col. Hansel Marantan as Davao City Police Office (DCPO) director 10 days after he went on leave. Capt. Hazel Caballero Tuazon, DCPO spokesperson, said in a
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 9 July) — Four individuals illegally selling petroleum products in Calinan here were arrested by operatives of the National Bureau of Investigation Tuesday morning, the NBI reported. Lawyer Ely Leaño, NBI-XI spokesperson, said operatives confiscated four
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 9 July) — The acting vice mayor of Davao City, Councilor Rodrigo “Rigo” Duterte II, assumed yet another role the past two days: as acting mayor. The designated acting mayor of Davao City, Vice Mayor Sebastian
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/July 8) – “Compromise, not confrontation, is the way forward” in the Samal Island-Davao City bridge project and “technical realignment of the bridge route remains a possibility,” Councilor Danny Dayanghirang said. Speaking at the sidelines of the weekly session
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 05 July) — Rodrigo “Rigo” Duterte II has been officially functioning as acting vice mayor of Davao City since July 1, an official of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) said. Vicky Sarcena, DILG-Davao
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 3 July) — Vendors at the Agdao Public Market here, particularly those in the variety and dry goods sections, are thankful that they have been allowed to sell at the ground floor where sales are brisk
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/July 2) — The 21st city council led by acting vice mayor and temporary presiding officer Rodrigo “Rigo” Duterte approved its first and lone resolution during their first session on Tuesday afternoon—that its regular sessions be moved to
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 1 July) — The Supreme Court en banc issued a writ of kalikasan against several government agencies and a private contractor involved in the Samal Island–Davao City (SIDC) Connector Bridge project amid allegations of potential irreversible
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 1 July) — Newly elected Councilor Rodrigo “Rigo” Duterte II, at 26 years old, appeared not prepared for his temporary role—as acting vice mayor and thus, presiding officer of the Sangguniang Panlungsod. His uncle Sebastian “Baste”
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/June 30) — Vice Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte officially assumes the role of acting mayor of Davao City starting 12:01 p.m. Monday, in lieu of mayor-elect Rodrigo Roa Duterte, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG)
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 28 June) – Incoming Davao City Vice Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte on Friday warned criminals they have no place in the city. “Let it be clear: we will protect Davao City. Our policies are straightforward —
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/ 27 June) – Vice President Sara Duterte denied that the defense team of her father, former President Rodrigo Duterte, has asked Australia to host him in case his petition for interim release was granted by the International
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/June 26) — The City Health Office (CHO) here is urging the Sangguniang Panlungsod to amend City Ordinance No. 0401-20 to address the low compliance of barangays in creating their own Barangay Mosquito-Borne Viral Disease Task Forces (BMDTF). To
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 25 June) — Despite being ghosted by his former best friend for years, outgoing City Councilor Nilo “Small” Abellera, of the first district, still has nice words for Rep. Paolo “Pulong” Duterte in the former’s farewell
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/June 23) — Artificial intelligence will be harnessed to improve police response time, BGen Joseph Arguelles, acting regional director of the Philippine National Police for Region XI said Monday. Arguelles was installed to his post Monday at the
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/June 19) — Fourteen of 97 candidates for local posts in the May 12 elections have not submitted their Statement of Campaign Expenditures (SOCE) to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) here, among them Mayor-Elect Rodrigo Roa Duterte, who won
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/June 21) —- The Ateneo de Davao University (ADDU) Law School is the country’s top law school based on the 2013 to 2024 Bar Performance Analysis of the Legal Education Board (LEB). The LEB was created by Republic
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 21 June) —- The Securities and Exchange Commission Davao (SEC-Davao) is monitoring four Davao-based entities allegedly engaged in cryptocurrency scams. SEC-Davao director Katrina Jamilla Ponco-Estares told the Business Forum at NCCC on last Friday that most
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/June 20) – Agents of the National Bureau of Investigation-Region XI arrested four individuals suspected of illegally selling raw lots located in Barangay Callawa. NBI-XI spokesperson Elias Leano said the four individuals, who are workers of a supposed
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/June 19) — An official of the City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) said they have “no choice” but to maximize the long-used landfill in New Carmen, Barangay Tugbok while waiting for other designated landfills. The landfill
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 18 June) — Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte, who was elected vice mayor in last May’s election as his father’s running mate, said he still has no control in the selection of the city’s police chief. This
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/June 17) — Eleven months after city councilors questioned his appointment after the chaotic process of assigning chiefs of the Davao City Police Office, Col. Hansel Marantan has now received a commendation from the city council “for his
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 17 June) — Vice President Sara Duterte sees no problem with politicians sharing artificial intelligence (AI) content in support of her innocence in her upcoming impeachment proceedings before the Senate. “I don’t think there’s a problem
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/June 16) — Muddy pathways and wet pavements greeted students at the Sta. Ana Central Elementary School (SACES) here on Monday, the first day of schoolyear 2025-2026, a problem shared by other schools near the sea. SACES principal Minnie Empasis said
AVAO CITY (MindaNews/June 15) – Mayor-elect Rodrigo Roa Duterte is among 18 candidates in the May 12 elections who have yet to file their Statement of Contributions and Expenditures (SOCE). According to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) here on June
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 13 June) – Davao City First District Rep. Paolo “Pulong” Duterte’s tirades against the New People’s Army and drug addicts were meant to divert public attention from the economic issues confronting Dabawenyos, Anakbayan Southern Mindanao
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/June 12) — If the public wants neutrality in handling Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial, Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa said only the Supreme Court can fulfill that role, not the politicians who compose the Senate. The
