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Dabawenyos, the city’s greatest strength: Sara

Davao City Mayor Inday Sara Duterte said Dabawenyos are the city’s greatest strength as she rated the city’s overall performance to 11, long before she delivers the state of the

COVID-19
Davao City now under Alert Level 2 until Nov. 30

Davao City will experience further easing of movement restrictions now that the city is under Alert 2 from November 15 to 30 due to the continuous downward trend of coronavirus

COVID-19
Davao City in talks with pharma firm on purchase of Covid-19 medicines

The Davao City government has opened talks with a pharmaceutical company for the possible purchase of medicines for the treatment of the coronavirus disease. Davao City Mayor Inday Sara Duterte

COVID-19
Mayor Inday Sara lifts RT-PCR negative test requirement for Davao City-bound travelers

Mayor Inday Sara Duterte has lifted the reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) mandatory requirement for domestic land, sea, and air travel to Davao City from November 16, 2021 to January

COVID-19
Dabawenyos may now get vaxx certificates: CHO

Fully vaccinated Dabawenyos may now avail of their vaccination certificates via the VaxCertPH https://vaxcert.doh.gov.ph/ website or mobile application. Davao COVID-19 Task Force Spokesperson Michelle Schlosser bared this during the COVID-19

Disaster Risk Reduction & Mitigation
Davao CDRRMO calls on Dabawenyos to heed pre-emptive evacuation warning

THE Davao City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) has called on Dabawenyos to always heed pre-emptive evacuation warnings for their safety and avoid being trapped during calamities such

Disaster Risk Reduction & Mitigation
Davao City evacuates 9K families due to flooding

The Davao City disaster and rescue teams have evacuated around 9,000 families to temporary shelters due to flooding after rivers overflowed to residential areas caused by torrential rains on November

COVID-19
Davao COVID-19 TF lauds low positivity rate, parents’ support to pediatric vaccination

The Davao COVID-19 Task Force lauded Davao City’s four percent positivity rate as of November 8, 2021, due to the downtrend of COVID-19 cases and the warm reception of parents

COVID-19
Establishments may or may not require faceshields

An official of the Davao City COVID-19 Task Force clarified that while there is already an executive order making the voluntary use of face shields, establishments still have the prerogative

COVID-19
Anti-COVID booster follows after Davao City reaches herd immunity

The Davao City government is open to giving anti-Covid booster shots to Dabawenyos but only after Davao City achieved its target of population protection or herd immunity. Davao City Covid-19