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DAVAO CITY (PIA)- Several Indigenous People communities occupying ancestral domains within Mt. Apo and Mt. Sinaka have united and formed a coalition to protect the remaining forests in these mountains.

Davaoeños were again reminded to get their primary two-dose vaccine and booster shots to protect themselves from getting a severe or critical type of the disease caused by COVID-19.

The Davao City weekend vaccination held at People’s Park has been extended up to December 2022.

KIDAPAWAN CITY, NORTH COTABATO: The administration of Governor Emmylou “Lala” Taliño Mendoza here has committed to fast track the immediate completion of mothballed Central Mindanao Airport development project, also known as M’lang airport of said provinc...

Hedcor has distributed P400,000 worth of livelihood assistance to the indigenous peoples in its host communities in Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon. This is part of Hedcor’s commitment to uplift and strengthen the development of the IPs and their own communities...

DAVAO CITY (PIA)—The provincial officer of the National Commission on the Indigenous Peoples XI in Davao City revealed that they could hardly say that the sale of lots within the Certificate of Ancestral Domain Title of Marilog District has totally stoppe...

A total of 25 former members of the communist New People’s Army (NPA) successfully completed a 3-month live-in deradicalization and capacity building.

“Environment protection and utilization are much as a legislative work,” uttered Atty. Jason Cunanan, Representative of Vice Mayor Atty. J. Melchor Quitain, Jr., during the Green Agenda Forum organized by the Interfacing Development Interventions for Sust...

Davao City has been declared fourth most competitive in the highly-urbanized cities (HUCs) category in the Philippines for the second straight year, according to the report from the City Information Office (CIO) on Saturday (Oct. 22).

The regional office of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) approved the request for modification of jeepney routes in Toril, Davao City.

Up to 39 youth from 37 barangays in Davao City have completed the 5-day Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training on Friday (Oct. 21).

NABUNTURAN, Davao de Oro (PIA) - - Governor Dorothy Montejo-Gonzaga brought the celebration of Bulawan Festival 2022 to three geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas in the province on October 17-19, 2022.

Police arrested three wanted leaders of the communist New People’s Army (NPA) in Davao Oriental on Thursday (Oct. 20).

Davao City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) Administration and Training Chief Lyndon Leovic Ancajas has reminded Davaoeños to practice essential disaster preparedness measures.

DAVAO CITY (PIA)—A military officer revealed that with the declaration of Davao Region as insurgency free, the 10th Infantry Division is all the more involved in sustaining activities to maintain the gains of ridding the activities of the communist terror...

The Police Regional Office (PRO) 11 got the highest trust rating at 91 percent, the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) survey showed.