Davao, Philippines News

Authorities have recovered five boxes containing dynamites and commercial fuse near a subdivision in Barangay Tacunan, Tugbok District in Davao City Monday morning.

Pope Benedict XVI's appointment of Valles was announced in the Vatican Saturday, according to an article posted on the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines website.

MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines' largest national flag carrier, Cebu Pacific served the most number of Filipinos with almost 50% market share last year in the top 3 cities outside Manila Cebu, Davao, Iloilo.

IT HAS been said that education plays a crucial role in the preservation, sustenance and improvement of the society.

MANILA, Philippines - In an effort to reduce the number of work-related accidents in Mindanao this year, the Department of Labor and Employment has launched a series of seminars to train at least 162 participants on basic work safety standards in Davao and the South Cotabato, Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani, and General Santos City region.

A DAVAO City-based employee of the Land Bank of the Philippines may be dismissed from his job for allegedly accumulating ill-gotten wealth for the past 15 years.

A About P1-million worth of illegally cut logs were seized by an anti-logging task force, which includes the police and the military, in separate operations here recently.

AirAsia Bhd, Asia's biggest budget carrier, rose 1.7 per cent to RM3.69, headed for its highest close since Feb 2. Its Philippine venture, which won regulatory approval to fly from Clark airport in Pampanga province to Davao as early as March, plans to expand its fleet to as many as 16 planes in five years from four by year-end, Marianne ... (more)

THE Bureau of Customs Davao issued Tuesday a warrant of seizure and detention against the three consignees of the recently seized shipment.

The Island Garden City of Samal, in the region of Davao in the Philippines, can be forgiven for letting the rest of the world think it is completely bats.

WHEN Martish store opened in June 2010, owners Marga Montemayor-Nograles and Tisha Ang-Dominguez, who are also cousins, wanted it to be a multi-brand Lifestyle Store that housed every latest style must-have. "Martish is the store where you can find what Tisha and I love most.

AN OFFICIAL of the Eastern Mindanao Command lambasted the administration of Assumption College of Davao for its malicious advertisement against the Armed Forces of the Philippines as the brain in the killing Fr.

THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Davao should have conducted a thorough investigation before accepting the public apology on the case of foreigners who were seen dumping some inedible parts of a green sea turtle inside the Sta.

MALACANANG on Thursday assured that the recent kidnapping incidents in Mindanao will not affect the influx of tourists in the country.

THE City Government of Davao is mulling to implement a "merit system" to crime fighting in a bid to boost efforts to maintain peace and order in the city.

Remember Philip Alston? He is the United Nations Human Right Commission rapporteur who came to Davao years back to conduct a probe on the allegation that there were extra-judicial killings in the City.

Mayor Sara Duterte urged the City Council to declare owner of a Korean vessel, its crew, and the Indonesian missionaries onboard as "persona non grata" after dumping parts of a green sea turtle in a garbage bin in a wharf in this city.

THERE are gatherings and there are gatherings. There are conferences to gather the forces, and there are meetings to share information and ideas.

BIZZBOOST, an initiative of TRV Business Consultancy, is organizing an interactive three-session entrepreneurial workshop dubbed "Your Own Business" in Davao City.

On an unplanned trip back to my hometown just before the hectic Chinese New Year holidays, I was happy to find a reasonably priced Philippine Airlines flight.