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COVID-19
More Bakuna Nights sites open in Davao City

The City Government of Davao, through the Davao COVID-19 Task Force Vaccination Cluster, is opening more sites for the bakuna nights campaign to inoculate more working Dabawenyos. COVID-19 Task Force

COVID-19
Davao City LGU hires more contact tracers

The City Government of Davao has employed 65 individuals to boost the city’s COVID-19 contact tracing team in high-risk areas. This was bared by Davao COVID-19 Task Force Spokesperson Dr.

COVID-19
‘Test Before Travel’ still required for travellers to Davao City

A negative result of a Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) taken not more than 72 hours is still required for all travellers to Davao City as the “Test Before Travel”

High Priority Bus System
Mayor Sara forms local inter-agency resettlement body for Davao HPBS, MRP

Davao City Mayor Inday Sara Duterte, through her Executive Order (EO 56) Series of 2021 signed on October 4, 2021, created the Local Inter-Agency Committee (LIAC) for Resettlement for the

High Priority Bus System
HPBS team assures promotion of gender equality in its project implementation

Implementers of the High Priority Bus System (HPBS) assured that Gender and Development (GAD) programs, which seek to champion gender equality and promote gender-responsive efforts, are integrated into the transport

COVID-19
Davao City resumes free RT-PCR test for F2, F3 Covid-19 close contacts

The Davao City government has resumed the free Reverse transcription PCR (RT-PCR) swab test for the second-generation (F2) and third-generation (F3) contacts of a Covid-19 positive. The RT-PCR test for

Disaster Risk Reduction & Mitigation
Dabawenyos told to brace for flooding, landslide

The Davao City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (DCDRRMO) has advised the Dabawenyos, especially in hazard-prone zone areas, to brace for possible flooding and landslide due to continuous rain

COVID-19
No vaccine wastage in Davao City

An official of the Davao City COVID-19 Task Force assured that there is no “vaccine wastage” in Davao City, saying that contingency plans were laid out to prevent such incidents.

COVID-19
CSWDO: Dabawenyos urged to report kids caroling in city areas

The Davao City Social Welfare Development Office (CSWDO) has called on Dabawenyos to help the city government rescue children caroling in subdivisions or any other places, considering that COVID-19 protocols

High Priority Bus System
Davao City LGU gives out 32 HPBS livelihood kits to PUV drivers

In its continued assistance to PUV drivers and operators affected by the High Priority Bus System Project (HPBS), the Davao City government distributed 32 livelihood starter kits to beneficiaries at