A message circulating on Facebook group chats that the Omicron variant of COVID-19 is already present in the Davao Region (Region XI) and Socsksargen (Region XII) is fake news. As of press time Monday, January 10, the Department of Health
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 05 May) — Online statistics varies as to quantifying the Global Halal Consumer Market’s worth in terms of US dollars. One estimates it at more than 580 billion dollars today or two more years from now
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 31 July) – Davao Region outperformed all the other 16 regions in the Philippines in terms of economic growth after posting a stellar gross regional domestic product (GRDP) in 2014 at 9.4 percent, , a significant
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 29 Apr) – The Department of Health is considering the inclusion of malaria measures into the conditionalities of its partnership with the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s conditional cash transfer (CCT), especially for upland communities
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 4 March) – Tourist arrivals in Region XI last year reached 2.290 million, increasing by 25.37 percent compared to 2013’s 1.827 million. Data from the regional office of the Department of Tourism are based on the
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 4 June) – Bureaucracy might delay the rehabilitation and construction of six classrooms of two elementary schools in the city, according to the spokesperson of the Department of Education in Region XI. In an interview during
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/18 January)—A city councilor here has proposed the construction of more two-story classroom buildings in anticipation of an increase in student population this coming 2014-2015 school year. Councilor Maria Belen Acosta, chair of the city council’s committee on
