MONKAYO, Davao de Oro (MindaNews / 31 October) – In their barkada (group of friends) of nine girls in Barangay Casoon here, Darlene Aringo, 22, shared Monday that four are already married due to early pregnancy. A third-year college student,
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 27 October) – The City Council on the third and final reading Tuesday an ordinance on earthquake disaster prevention and response and establishing a Davao City Earthquake Response Task Force. First District Councilor Edgar Ibuyan Jr.,
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 26 October)—A city councilor here is calling for an investigation on the increase in the number of illegal settlers in a watershed area near Tamugan River in Tugbok District following reports that its water level has
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 25 October) – The City Health Office (CHO) has given the Happy Animals Club two months to implement the recommendations from various local government agencies involving complaints against the animal shelter. Luzminda Paig, CHO’s Environmental Sanitation
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 20 October) – The City Health Office is open to a dialogue with the operators of an animal shelter that has been ordered closed for alleged violations of sanitary regulations. Luzviminda Paig, chief of the CHO
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 17 October) – The House of Hope Foundation for Kids With Cancer Inc. (House of Hope) needs more shared care facilities in Mindanao as the group and its existing partners can only cater to one in
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 12 Oct)—The Philippine Coast Guard District Southeastern Mindanao (CGDSEM) is ready to employ its floating assets, including two brand new ships, for the upcoming Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections. Commodore Rejard Marfe, the newly appointed CGDSEM
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 10 October) – A measure that seeks to repeal the ordinance requiring the mandatory wearing of face masks in public places here due to the COVID-19 pandemic was approved on second reading on Tuesday. The proposal
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 3 October) – In line with the observance of the International Day of No Prostitution (IDNP) on October 5, non-government organizations (NGOs) Talikala, Inc. and Lawig Bubai have questioned the registration and occupational permits required by
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 27 Sept)—City Councilor Richlyn N. Justol-Baguilod has expressed alarm over the surge of dengue cases and deaths in the city, which rose by 43 percent and 115 percent, respectively.[] In her privilege speech Tuesday, she said
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 22 September) – The Davao City Council committee on transportation and communications submitted for plenary discussion Tuesday the requests of two companies offering motorcycle ride-hailing application services for endorsement to the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 19 Sept)—The Southern Philippines Medical Center will soon operate its newly-constructed nuclear medicine facility, medical specialists at SPMC announced the development Monday as the world observes Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month this September. Dr. Abdiel Galicia, a
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 18 September) – Officials of the Davao Historical Society (DHS) on Monday questioned the move of the Department of Education to change the term “Diktadurang Marcos” to just “Diktadura” in the G rade 6 Araling Panlipunan
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 15 September) – The city council on Tuesday approved the conduct of hearings on the objection of the Agdao Integrated Market Vendors Association to the raffling of stalls inside the public market held on August 24.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 14 Sept)—The first Mindanawon president of the University of the Philippines (UP) System, lawyer Angelo Azura Jimenez, said his administration would focus on Mindanao, the island being host to the poorest regions and provinces. During a
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 12 September) – Water from Tamugan River has not been diverted to private resorts operating in the uplands of Davao City, an official said in an interview Tuesday. Reacting to an earlier statement by the environmental
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 12 September) – Vice President Sara Duterte turned the Peace Village Exhibit held Monday in Davao City into an occasion to hit back at a legislator and other unnamed critics who questioned the inclusion of confidential
