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Tourism
35 years of celebrating Kadayawan

A highly-touted Festival of Festivals – the Kadayawan sa Davao has come a long way since it started 35 years ago as a cultural rite by Mindanao tribes to thank

COVID-19, Poverty Alleviation
20K Dabawenyos earn income in Davao City’s job program

The number of beneficiaries in Davao City’s Work for Davao (WFD) program has reached 20,180 since it was rolled out in June to provide relief for income earners affected during

Poverty Alleviation
PUJ drivers, operators join HPBS basic biz training

The first batch of the Public Utility Jeepney (PUJ) drivers and operators who are beneficiaries of the Davao City’s modernization of the public transport project, has completed the two-day Basic

COVID-19
CSWDO rations food to families in lockdown area

The Davao City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) has delivered food assistance to 88 families in Purok 8, Tomas Monteverde, Agdao District that was placed on hard lockdown on

Tourism
Davao City offers public virtual tour of Museo Dabawenyo

The Davao City government is taking Dabawenyos and tourists into Davao City’s rich culture and historical heritage in the newly-launched Museo 3D virtual tour in line with the celebration of

Poverty Alleviation
28 LGBT groups benefit Davao City’s ‘Negosyo Ta ‘Day’

The members of the 28 LGBT associations in Davao City are benefitting from the city government’s “Rainbow Mag Negosyo Ta ‘Day”, a sustainable livelihood program for the sector to earn

Agriculture, Health
Pork products sold in Davao public markets negative of african swine fever

The Davao City Veterinarian’s Office (CVO) has intensified its monitoring in all public markets in the city to ensure pork meat and pork processed products are free from the African

COVID-19
Mayor Sara urges employers to use symptom-screening to test workers

Davao City Mayor Inday Sara Duterte has urged private sector employers to conduct symptom-screening rather than the Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) to screen the health of their workers. Mayor Sara

COVID-19
Davao City locks down area in Agdao District

The Davao City government has locked down one purok in Agdao District for 14 days starting in the afternoon of August 17 after registering an alarming number of coronavirus cases

COVID-19
79 LSIs set for release after mandatory quarantine

After completing the mandatory 14-day quarantine, the 79 Local Stranded Individuals (LSIs) will be sent home on Saturday, August 15. They were among the group of the second Hatid-Tulong Initiative