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Local Government
‘Gender-neutral’ uniform for Davao City Hall employees

Proving to be an LGBT-friendly workplace, City Hall will soon implement a gender-neutral uniform for all city government rank and file employees. This after Mayor Inday Sara Duterte gave her

Economy
Mayor Sara creates ‘Construction One-Stop Shop Team’

Davao City Mayor Inday Sara Duterte has created the city government’s “One-Stop Shop for Construction Permits (OSSCP) Team” for the efficient and effective public administration, particularly on issuance of construction

Local Government
IPMR seat in SP still vacant until Codilla case resolved

The seat reserved for the Indigenous People’s Mandatory Representative (IPMR) will remain vacant until the case of the Bagobo Klata tribe selected representative is resolved by the court. Vice Mayor

Environment
VM Baste to back policies on environment sustainability

Vice Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte will back policies pushing for environmental sustainability as he vowed to keep an open line between the City Council and groups pushing for the preservation

Transportation Planning & Traffic Management
Dad Pushes for ‘no parking space, no new car policy’

The worsening traffic situation in many parts of the city has prompted Councilor Conrado Baluran to push for the passage of the “no parking space, no new car” ordinance ahead

Kadayawan 2019, Tourism
Mayor Sara officially opens Kadayawan 2019

Mayor Inday Sara Duterte formally launched yesterday the 34th Kadayawan Festival at Dusit Hotel, one of the event partners of the city, almost a month before the festival kicks off

Peace and Order
CAAP, SECURITY FORCES TIGHTEN SECURITY AT DAVAO AIRPORT

The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP)-Davao in collaboration with the Task Force Davao, the Public Safety and Security Command Center, and other agencies in the security sector has

Local Government
DPWH READY TO HAND OVER CITY’S FIRST EVACUATION CENTER

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)-11 is ready to hand over to the Davao City government the evacuation center in Barangay Los Amigos in Tugbok District that is

Tourism
TOURIST ARRIVALS IN DAVAO CITY HIT 1M IN 5 MONTHS

Davao City continues to draw domestic and foreign tourists and in just five months arrivals already hit the one million mark. City Tourism Operation Office (CTOO) chief Gene Rose Tecson

Tourism
34TH KADAYAWAN FESTIVAL ACTIVITIES TO KICK OFF AUGUST 2

Davao City is gearing up for the grandest Kadayawan Festival with several activities already scheduled starting on August 2. Now on its 34th year, the Kadayawan Festival featuring the city’s