Police, military in Davao gear up to secure polls

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… »

Panagdait Davao

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… »

Davao City tax revenue up by 22.6%

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… »

Davao City Council approves P53-M for 15 flooded villages

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… »

Jade Valley Subdivision rescue operations

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… »

Christmas is over

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… »

Street Magic

A street magician show some of his tricks before a crowd in Davao City on Thursday. Mindanews Photo by Ruby Thursday More

Jade Valley Flooding

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… »

Somewhere over the rainbow

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… »

Young Hopefuls

Young football players at the Tionko football field in Davao City. MindaNews photo by Ruby Thursday More

Fancy Drill

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… »

Serene

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… »

Not allowed

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:… »

Cleaning relatives’ tombs or hiring someone to do the job

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.… »

Mums

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… »

Puentespina Farms: preparing flowers for the departed

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… »

Flowers for November

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… »

City Council sets hearing on ‘illegal’ schools in Davao

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… »

Davao City councilor urges military to relocate posts in Paquibato

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… »

Rody Duterte running for mayor; son Paolo unopposed as vice mayor

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)… »

Street kids in Davao City now fewer, says social welfare official

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,… »

Postcards from Bankerohan

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.… »

Bahalina Maker

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… »

PHOTOS: Postcards from Bankerohan

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.… »

NPA won’t surrender grenade throwers; says it has own political authority

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… »

Dances with the eagle

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… »

Eagle Adoption

(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… »

Davao-based agri firm gets GGAP recertification

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… »

Italian priest cooks for Lumad children

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… »

Davao City vendors insist they’re selling safe food items

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.… »

From the People of Davao City

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… »

Davao City council overrules mayor’s veto of ordinance favoring Aboitiz coal plant

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… »

Davao taps small farmers in bid to become PH’s top cacao producer

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… »

Kadayawan Festival 2011

[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… »

Dream Ride

DREAM RIDE. A tourist enjoys wakeboarding in one of Davao City’s theme parks. MindaNews photo by Ruby Thursday More

Bishop lauds Mayor Duterte for “forcing the issue”

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… »

Duterte the Punisher to Duterte the Puncher: “I am proud of you”

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… »

Davao City Flood Aftermath

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… »

Don’t get too personal with PNoy on RH Bill, VM Duterte tells Church

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… »

Young Laborer

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… »

Davao City seeks faster processing of business permits

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… »

Malaybalay City gov't employees to get cash gifts of P50,000 each

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… »

UP professor lashes back at critics, defends controversial Bt eggplant

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… »

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