By Keith Bacongco on April 28 2013 6:38 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 28 April) – The police and the military have intensified their security measures to avert any election-related violence, officials said on Friday. Though no election-related violence… »
By Ruby Thursday More on March 15 2013 5:51 am
5th Civil Relations Group Commanding General Col. Leopoldo Galon Jr. and musician Eric Gancio promote Panagdait Davao, a concert that will benefit the survivors of Typhoon Pablo during a press… »
By Lorie Ann Cascaro on February 13 2013 6:27 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 12 Feb) – The city’s tax revenue increased by 22.6 percent based on the total collection in January this year compared to that of the same… »
By Lorie Ann Cascaro on January 22 2013 2:34 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/22 January) – The City Council approved on Monday the release of P53.53 M to assist some 40,000 residents in the 15 barangays struck by floods on Saturday… »
By Keith Bacongco on January 21 2013 8:08 am
Rescue volunteers navigate through the flooded road as they transport rescued residents from Jade Valley subdvision in Brgy Buhangin, Davao City on Sunday afternoon. The water level in the nearby… »
By Ruby Thursday More on January 18 2013 4:11 pm
A worker of the City Government of Davao removes the Christmas decors placed in front of the City Hall along San Pedro St. on Thursday, 17 January 2013. MindaNews Photo… »
By Ruby Thursday More on January 11 2013 6:28 am
A street magician show some of his tricks before a crowd in Davao City on Thursday. Mindanews Photo by Ruby Thursday More
By Ruby Thursday More on December 5 2012 7:31 am
Residents mill about the flooded street of Jade Valley Subdivision in Davao City on Wednesday morning as the water level in Davao River rose due to heavy rains in the… »
By Mindanews on December 3 2012 7:31 pm
A rainbow provides a good backdrop for this jogger along Baywalk in Davao City in southern Mindanao on Monday afternoon, hours before the expected landfall of typhoon Pablo (Bopha) in… »
By Ruby Thursday More on November 26 2012 2:17 pm
Young football players at the Tionko football field in Davao City. MindaNews photo by Ruby Thursday More
By Ruby Thursday More on November 22 2012 9:00 pm
FANCY DRILL. Students from Daniel R. Aguinaldo National High School perform for the crowd during a Boy Scouts of the Philippines Fancy Drill Competition at the Rizal Park in Davao… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on November 1 2012 12:45 am
The scene at the San Pedro Memorial Park in Davao City at around 5 p..m. October 31. By November 1 and 2, the park will be so crowded those who gather here to… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on November 1 2012 12:27 am
At the public assistance center of the police at the San Pedro Memorial Park in Davao City, a tarpaulin posted outside the gate lists down what are not allowed inside:… »
By Lorie Ann Cascaro on October 31 2012 5:25 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 31 Oct) – Amid 10,000 graves in a public cemetery here, a 56-year-old man was painting a five-layer tomb light yellow as early as Monday afternoon.… »
By Ruby Thursday More on October 31 2012 7:38 am
Workers sort chrysanthemums at Puentespina Orchids and Tropical Plants farm in Barangay Cadalian, Baguio District, for shipment to Metro Manila and to different cities and provinces in Mindanao in time… »
By Lorie Ann Cascaro on October 30 2012 12:02 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/29 October) — It was not an ordinary day at a vast flower garden in Cadalian village, Baguio District here on Monday morning. At least 32 workers were… »
By Ruby Thursday More on October 29 2012 5:24 pm
Workers harvest chrysanthemums at Puentespina’s flower farm in Barangay Cadalian, Baguio District, Davao City on Monday, October 29. The flowers will be shipped to Metro Manila and to different cities… »
By Lorie Ann Cascaro on October 25 2012 5:30 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/25 October) — The committee on education, science and technology, culture and arts of the city council has set a hearing on November 14 on allegations that some… »
By Lorie Ann Cascaro on October 24 2012 4:18 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/24 October) — Councilor Leah Librado-Yap proposed Tuesday a resolution urging the military to relocate their posts in Paquibato District here. In a privilege speech at the regular… »
By Lorie Ann Cascaro on October 5 2012 10:09 pm
DAVAO CITY(MIndaNews/ 5 October) — Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte will run for mayor, a post he held for about two decades. Councilor Melchor Quitatin filed the certificate of candidacy (COC)… »
By Lorie Ann Cascaro on September 28 2012 8:59 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/28 September) — Children who roam the city streets to beg or make a living have gone down to 63 as of this quarter from 257 in 2011,… »
By Mindanews on September 25 2012 5:01 pm
POSTCARDS FROM BANKEROHAN. A photo exhibition that features the Bankerohan market in Davao City. The exhibit runs from September 23-29 at the ground floor of NCCC Mall, Maa, Davao City.… »
By Keith Bacongco on September 23 2012 5:39 pm
BAHALINA MAKER. Hedo Arcay, 61stands besides rows of bottled bahalina or coconut wine in his house in Barangay San Juan, Agdao in Davao City on Sept. 11, 2012. A native… »
By Mindanews on September 23 2012 7:25 am
POSTCARDS FROM BANKEROHAN. A photo exhibition that features the Bankerohan market in Davao City. The exhibit runs from September 23-29 at the ground floor of NCCC Mall, Maa, Davao City.… »
By Lorie Ann Cascaro on September 12 2012 7:12 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/11 September) – Although it had admitted responsibility for the September 1 blast in a village here, the New People’s Army (NPA) said it won’t surrender to government… »
By Ruby Thursday More on July 21 2012 12:35 am
DANCES WITH THE EAGLE. Caretaker Mario “Puroy” Entrolizo coaxes Philippine Eagle named Mindanao to spread its wings at the Philippine Eagle Center in Davao City. Mindanews Photo by Ruby Thursday… »
By Ruby Thursday More on July 20 2012 2:31 pm
(From R-L) Philippine Eagle Foundation Executive Director Dennis Salvador, Avida Land Corporation President Christopher Maglanoc and Avida Head of Project and Strategic Management Group Flordeliz Cruz sign the Memorandum of… »
By Keith Bacongco on March 30 2012 8:52 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/29 March) – For the fourth consecutive year, Davao Agricultural Ventures Corporation (Davco) has been certified as compliant with the high standards of the Global Good Agricultural Practices… »
By Keith Bacongco on March 17 2012 8:47 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/16 March) – Ninety kilometers from the heart of the city, beside the slopes of Barangay Buda, sits an artisan gourmet café. But this café is unlike any… »
By Keith Bacongco on January 31 2012 7:49 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/30 January) – Vendors are unfazed by reports that street food items being sold in the city are not safe to eat as these may contain harmful bacteria.… »
By Toto Lozano on December 21 2011 1:00 am
FROM THE PEOPLE OF DAVAO CITY A convoy of trucks filled with relief goods from the city government of Davao make a stop at Barangay San Miguel, Manolo Fortich in… »
By Keith Bacongco on December 12 2011 10:37 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/12 December) — Twenty-one councilors voted on Monday to override Mayor Sara Duterte’s veto of an ordinance reclassifying a parcel of land in Barangay Binugao, Toril District from… »
By Keith Bacongco on October 3 2011 10:32 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/03 October) – The City Agriculture Office is tapping small farmers rather than large-scale plantations in the city’s bid to become the country’s top cacao producer. Leonardo Avila… »
By Ruby Thursday More on August 21 2011 5:49 pm
[slidepress gallery='21kadayawan'] Kadayawan, touted as the “King of Festivals” in the country, is an annual thanksgiving for a bountiful harvest and a celebration of a rich culture. The festival will… »
By Ruby Thursday More on August 9 2011 7:02 am
DREAM RIDE. A tourist enjoys wakeboarding in one of Davao City’s theme parks. MindaNews photo by Ruby Thursday More
By Mindanews on July 5 2011 7:46 am
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/04 July) – Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo may find it unbecoming of Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte to throw punches at a court sheriff over a demolition… »
By Mindanews on July 4 2011 8:06 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/03 July) — In July 2002, then Mayor Rodrigo Duterte graced the pages of Time Magazine as “The Punisher.” Nine years later, on July 1, 2011, his daughter… »
By Keith Bacongco on July 1 2011 8:00 am
Davao City residents scour the riverbed looking for anything salvageable – utensils or scrap metals – to help rebuild their lives after a flashflood destroyed their homes June 28. A… »
By Rico Biliran on May 24 2011 7:41 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/23 May) — Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte has asked the Catholic priests and bishops not to become too personal in arguing with President Aquino on the controversial Reproductive… »
By Ruby Thursday More on January 6 2011 12:43 pm
A young laborer brushes off dirt from the carrots before they are sold at the Bagsakan Center in Bankerohan Market, Davao City. Some of these carrots will be repacked and… »
By Germelina Lacorte on January 4 2011 7:31 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/03 January) — After making it to the country’s second fastest in terms of business permit processing, Davao City is looking for more ways to cut down unnecessary… »
By Walter I. Balane on December 20 2010 12:29 pm
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/20 December) — Officials and regular employees of the city government here are the envy of their counterparts in other cities in Mindanao: they will be receiving P50,000… »
By Germelina Lacorte on December 12 2010 12:01 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/11 Dec) – The University of the Philippines (UP) professor who headed the Bt Eggplant field testing here lashed back at critics, saying there is nothing to be… »