DAVAO CITY, Philippines – Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio on Monday, December 18, clarified that the city still has four working speed guns for the Transport and Traffic Management Office (CTTMO). “We have a speed gun, we have it with the CTTMO,” Dutere-Carpio told a press conference. Previously, Supt. Ernesto Castillo, head of the Traffic Group, said…
A child from the Kagan tribe performs a traditional dance during the opening ceremony of the “Kan-anan sa Tribo” at the Tribal Village in Magsaysay Park in Davao City, on Friday, December 15. The Kan-anan sa Tribo is part of the city government’s Pasko Fiesta activities where local and foreign tourists can have a taste…
DAVAO CITY, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte said he is supporting same sex marriage in the country, adding that the law governing marriage can be amended. During the 7th LGBT Davao Year-end Gathering at the Azuela Cove here Sunday, December 17, Duterte was applauded after saying he wants same sex marriage and the government can…
DAVAO CITY, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte wants pushcart educator Efren Peñaflorida to head the Presidential Commission on the Urban Poor (PCUP) and Davao teacher Randy Halasan to sit as one of the commissioners. Duterte made the statement before Davao City-based media Friday night, December 15. The President mentioned that he would want “yung nagtutulak…
DAVAO CITY, Philippines – The City Council on Thursday, December 14 repealed two city ordinances approved about six decades ago. During the last regular session for 2017, councilors voted with finality the ordinances to repeal the city ordinance banning the use, playing, operation and maintenance of pinball machines and other similar devices and the ordinance…
Progressive groups in Davao City hold a protest along Roxas Avenue to condemn the extension of martial law in Mindanao for one more year. In a joint session on Wednesday, December 13, the Congress approved the request of the Palace to extend the implementation of martial law until December 31, 2018. (Robby Joy D. Salveron/…