PIA Davao Region

DAVAO DEL NORTE, 25 March (PIA) --Roads and other support Infrastructure development in Davao del Norte are noted to have scaled up as both the national and the provincial governments have poured substantial funds. Guesting during the latest edition of radio program Pakigsayod Serbisyo Alang sa Katawhang Pilipino,  Regional Information Officer Dean Ortiz of the Department of Public  Works and Highways (DPWH) and Provincial Engineering Officer, Engr Glen Olandria shared some details of this  infrastructure development. Ortiz revealed that over the last five years including this year, the province of Davao del Norte alone has been  given an accumulated budget of P22.35 billion from the national government for the implementation of 1,487 infrastructure projects. Tracking the budget, Ortiz said that Davao del Norte was given a DPWH budget of P4.8 billion in 2017; PP3.6 billion in 2018; 2.6 billion in 2019; P3 billion in 2020; P3.5 billion in 2021; P4.6 billion in 2022. H...

DAVAO DEL NORTE, Mar. 23 (PIA) -- Davao del Norte will be the recipient of more infrastructure and road network projects from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) under the Build, Build, Build Program. This year, the province will have infrastructure and road projects worth P4.631B from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) with over 192 projects now being implemented, said DPWH XI Information Officer Dean I. Ortiz in a radio interview today (Mar. 23). Ortiz also said that this budget will increase given that "we are still in the first quarter of the year." "As a little background on our budget history, we started 2017 with a P4.8B budget in Davao Del Norte. At first, our budget here prior to this administration was only less than P1B. In 2018 it received a P3.6B. In 2019 it is at P2.6B. By 2020, P3B and by 2021, P3.5B, and now in 2022, we already have P4.6B now and it will still go up. So for the past 5 years under the Build, Build, Build Prog...

DAVAO DEL NORTE, Mar. 9 (PIA)-- As of March 7, 2022, there are 860,711 residents in Davao Del Norte that have registered for the National Identification System. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) - Davao Del Norte Chief Statistical Specialist, Pepito D. Amoyen, compared the data to the 2020 Census of Housing and Population (CPH) to get the number of the remaining unregistered residents and presented it in his radio guesting today (Mar. 9). “As of the 2020 CPH, there are 1,155,057 residents in Davao Del Norte and the current number of those who registered for the National ID is only 860,711. This means that there 256,346 unregistered in the province which PSA is targeting to register as soon as possible,” Amoyen explained. He also discussed the reasons for the delays in the delivery of the IDs. "Ako lang pod ipahibalo ang kanang process nga ginaagian nato kanang ginatawag ug standard verification. So bali ang ginahimo niini is the deduplication,"  (I would like to infor...

DAVAO DEL NORTE, Mar. 4 (PIA) -- The Provincial Government of Davao Del Norte pioneered the implementation of the national government's program dubbed as "Balik Probinsya-Bagong Pag-asa (BP2P) Program" to facilitate its residents who would like to return to the province amidst the pandemic. During the recent episode of Kapihan sa Davnor, Engr. Hazel Zafra, Assistant Provincial Administrator for Operations and a member of the Technical Working Group of DavNor's BP2P, explained the program rationale.   " Ang Balik Probinsya Bagong Pag-asa Program or atong gishorten nga BP2P  (shortened as BP2P)  is a national government program implemented at the local government unit. So ang tumong niani  (Its goal)  is to decongest the urban areas of the national capital region ilabi na gyud didto sa Metro Manila  (especially in Metro Manila)," Zafra explained. " So adunay 20 kabook national government agencies nga member nianing BP2P in which sila ang main nga muhatag ...

DAVAO DEL NORTE, March 04 (PIA)--- More than 30 former members of the New Peoples Army (NPA) have reaped the benefits of returning to the folds of the law as they receive livelihood and cash assistance given through Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (ECLIP) of the government.   In a turnover ceremony this morning, the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), handed over a total of P1.8 million cheques to 28 former NPAs and three Militia ng Bayan members while also turning over  some P441,000 worth  of reintegration funds to military and police units which had taken care of them during their transition stay from the underground communist terrorist movement. Key officials attending the rites done at the VIP lounge of Davao del Norte Sports and Tourism Complex were Provincial Governor Edwin I. Jubahib; Major General Nolasco Mempin, commander of the 10 th  Inf Division of the Philippine Army; Police Col Antonio Alberio, police provincial directo...

DAVAO DEL NORTE, Feb. 22 (PIA) -- A total of 14 persons who used drugs (PWUDs) graduated from the Katawhan Kontra Droga sa Komunidad (KKDK) Program of the Provincial Government of Davao Del Norte, a community-based rehabilitation process for people convicted of pushing or using illegal drugs. After the first batch of 25 drug reformists who graduated from the KKDK Program last year, 14 individuals finished their rehabilitation process at the Balay Silangan Reformation Center as the second batch of graduates from the said program. These 14 drug reformists are those convicted of drug use or selling whose request for a plea bargaining agreement was approved by their respective trial courts. In an interview by One DavNor Network, some of them expressed their experiences and stories of the program helped them to become better. “Ang akong experience sa sulod nakahatag nakog leksyon kanang malayo sa pamilya; malayo sa akong mga anak. Lisod kaayo kay makita nako pagbisita nila, namayat sila, ap...

DAVAO DEL NORTE, Feb. 18, 2022 (PIA) -- Apart from the various sources of financial and livelihood assistance supporting the Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-asa (BP2P) Program of the national government, the Kawsa sa Agrikultura ug Panginabuhian sa Barangay (KAAGAPAY) Program of the Province of Davao Del Norte is also backing the BP2P beneficiaries in the province. The KAAGAPAY Program is a livelihood and food-sufficiency flagship program of Provincial Governor Edwin I. Jubahib's administration backed by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan Board Members. It was established to support the residents of the province with their daily needs as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to surge. KAAGAPAY beneficiaries received seedlings of vegetables and fruit trees. Residents were also given chickens for them to raise where a stable market is waiting for their chickens after 3-5 months. As returnees to the province, the BP2P beneficiaries also received seedlings and chickens after being organized as a group...

DAVAO DEL NORTE, Feb. 14 (PIA) -- The city and municipal local government units in the Province of Davao Del Norte commenced their pediatric vaccination for kids aged 5-11 years old today, February 14, 2022, in response to the call of the Department of Health to conduct the simultaneous kick-off rites of pediatric vaccination today. The cities of Tagum and Panabo, and the municipalities of Asuncion and Braulio E. Dujali led the pediatric vaccination of 5-11 year-old kids in the Province of Davao Del Norte today. In Tagum City, parents and guardians confidently lined up at the Robinsons Place Tagum. A 63-year old grandfather, Demosthenes Oquindo,  of Garciaville, Tagum City brought his 9 grandchildren aged 5 to 11 years old to Robinsons Place Tagum for walk-in vaccination. For him, there’s nothing to fear about having children vaccinated because he and other chilren before were also vaccinated. He said his grandchildren were excited about the vaccination, unlike the olden days when ...

Kapalong Mayor Maria Theresa R. Timbol  DAVAO DEL NORTE, Jan. 6 (PIA) -- Municipality of Kapalong Mayor Maria Theresa R. Timbol said on Wednesday, (Jan. 5) that the municipal government's food and cash assistance to COVID-19 pandemic heavily affected residents were released on time at the onset of the pandemic.   Meanwhile the local government unit of Kapalong still exerts efforts to ease peoples' burden while the pandemic is still ongoing. During her guesting on the Network Briefing News yesterday, (Jan. 5), Timbol explained how they responded to the problems brought by the pandemic starting from March 2020 until today. Timbol said that they were able to provide food assistance in six rounds. Another three rounds of food packs distribution were also made possible through the help of the provincial government. " We are able to give, I think six times kami nakapagbigay. And with the help din ni Governor Edwin I. Jubahib and ni Congressman Alvarez nakabigay din sila ng three...

DAVAO DEL NORTE, Jan. 4 (PIA) -- The Provincial Government of Davao Del Norte sent help to the affected residents of Surigao City after Typhoon Rai locally named Odette struck the city and its neighboring municipalities. The Davao Del Norte Team brought relief goods worth P3M on December 29, 2021, Wednesday, despite the bad weather. Davao Del Norte Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Division headed by Glenda Delideli together with personnel from the Davao Del Norte  Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office, Fevelyn Marfe and Gigi Cacacho turned over 1,115 sacks of rice and 100 boxes of canned sardines to the City Mayor Ernesto "Estong" Matugas. The local government of Surigao City immediately distributed the relief goods to every barangay using their vehicles. Apart from the food and potable water, Matugas saw the residents' dire need of wide tents as a replacement to their broken roofs and rains still pour now and then. "Besides food, ang trap...

DAVAO DEL NORTE, Dec. 21 (PIA) -- Carlos Barsicula, a resident from Barangay Sawata in the Municipality of San Isidro, Davao Del Norte was awarded with silver medal on the 2021 International Cocoa Awards (ICA) for being one of the best producers of cocoa in the world. Barsicula (silver medalist) and Arthur Lagoc (gold medalist) of Barangay Talandang in Tugbok, Davao City made it to the renowned International Cocoa Awards (ICA) and joined the list of top cocoa producers in the world out of 235 samples from 53 cocoa-producing nations for the 2021 edition. In a published article by Agri Info Davao on December 18, 2021, Barsicula highlighted the good agricultural practices of a farmer in producing good cocoa beans. He said that he attended a lot of training in best practices and technological advancements in cocoa farming to equip himself to become a good cocoa bean producer in his hometown. Barsicula's achievement also gave pride to his town, the Municipality of San Isidro as it is th...

DAVAO DEL NORTE, Dec. 21 (PIA) -- The Municipal Government of San Isidro in Davao Del Norte landed in the 1st Place as the Most Improved Class 5-6 Municipalities announced on the awarding ceremony of the 9th Regional Competitiveness Summit held virtually on December 14, 2021, by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). As a class 5-6 municipality, the Municipality of San Isidro garnered the highest rating in the competitiveness index for the said category followed by the Municipality of San Jose in Northern Samar, Region VIII in the second place, and the Municipality of Tomas Oppus in Southern Leyte, Region VIII in the third place. In a recorded video of Municipal Mayor Arnel H. Sitoy presented in the awarding ceremony, he expressed his gratitude as one of the awardees and emphasized that unity made their success possible. "Mapasalamaton mi, diri sa Municipality of San Isidro nga isa mi sa most competitive municipalities kay di mani makab-ot kung wala ang panaghiusa (The Munici...

Bayanihan Bakunahan in Mesaoy, New Corella town DAVAO DEL NORTE, Dec. 7 (PIA) -- The Provincial Government of Davao Del Norte has achieved 80% of its target population for vaccination during the three-day National Vaccination Days, said Davao Del Norte Provincial Health Officer, Dr. Alfredo Lacerona.  Meanwhile, the City of Tagum vaccinated a total of 37,547 according to Tagum City Health Officer, Dr. Arnel Florendo. On the latest episode of Kapihan sa DavNor, Dr. Lacerona and Dr. Florendo reported the achievements of the three-day National Vaccination Days dubbed as "Bayanihan Bakunahan" in their respective jurisdictions. "Sa una nga adlaw niabot ug 36,970, taas gihapon ni sya no kumpara sa ubang probinsya. Sa ikaduha nga adlaw naa pod tay 34. 114 ug sa ikatulo nga adlaw niabot ta ug 37, 775 nga mutotal ug 108, 859 or almost 80% sa atong giset nga target," (On the first day it reached 36,970, which is still high compared to other provinces. On the second day we had...

DAVAO DEL NORTE, Nov. 3 (PIA) -- The Provincial Government of Davao Del Norte has launched the Capitolympics 2021 on October 29, 2021 at the Davao Del Norte Sports and Tourism Complex. The event was attended by the employees from all offices of the provincial government. At the opening ceremony, the traditional passing of the torch and lighting of the cauldron which was creatively pre-filmed amazed the participants. After the presentation of the 14 sporting events to compete this year,   is the introduction of the candidates who are joining the Search for Ginoo at Binibining Capitolympics 2021. This year's Capitolympics is expected to be fun and engaging as the production committee was given to the Provincial Information, Communication, and Knowledge Management Office (PICKMO). On behalf of the Provincial Governor Edwin I. Jubahib, the Provincial Administrator Engr. Josie Jean R. Rabanoz encouraged all employees to join the events to boost not just their physical wellness but also ...

12 year old Anthony Elorde, a pediatric vaccinee in Davao City DAVAO DEL NORTE, Oct. 28 (PIA) -- The Provincial Government of Davao Del Norte through its Provincial Health Office has announced that it will start pediatric vaccinations (ages 12-17 years old) starting November 3, 2021, for those who have pre-registered, said Provincial Vaccination Operation Center Head Dr. Eleanor Salva in an interview on Oct. 28.   In the news article released today by the One DavNor Network, the official media publication of the Provincial Information Communication and Knowledge Management Office (PICKMO) of Davao Del Norte, Dr. Salva discussed the requirements for the minors before getting inoculated.    Dr. Salva said that the pediatric vaccination is a nationwide mandate which will start on November 3. In the province, the Davao Regional Medical Center (DRMC) together with the local government units will also start on November 3, but the Provincial Health Office pediatric vaccinations ...

DAVAO DE NORTE, Oct. 21 (PIA) -- More than 400 registered cooperatives in Davao Del Norte strive to make their organizations continue to survive in the midst of the pandemic. They are keeping up with the essence of celebrating  the National Cooperative Month with the theme "Kooperatibang Matatag: Tumutugon sa mga Hamon, Daan sa Pagbangon, Nagbibigay Pag-asa sa Makabagong Panahon!" aligned with  the 28th Provincial Cooperative Month 2021.  Despite the adversities brought by the pandemic, 65% of the total number of cooperatives in Davao Del Norte are active and 35% are inactive but were not dissolved, said Davao Del Norte Provincial Administrator's Office-Cooperative and Investment Development Division (PADO-CIDD) Engineer Humber D. Cabunoc. "Ang atoang coop karon 436 na ang total, wherein ang active or ginatawag nato nga operation cooperative ningkabat na ug 65% of the total ug ang 35% mao kini ang ginatawag nato nga inactive  (Our cooperatives count as of n...

DAVAO DEL NORTE, Oct. 19 (PIA) -- In celebration of the Press Freedom Month 2021 this October, the Provincial Government of Davao Del Norte through the Provincial Information Communication and Knowledge Management Office (PICKMO) cited the local media practitioners for their relentless and continued service to the people amidst the challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic. In the latest episode of Kapihan sa DavNor, guests Dr. Mervin Jay Suaybaguio, PICKMO Head; Board Member Roger Laguna, Committee Head for Information and Media Affairs; and Board Member Nicandro Suaybaguio; Committee Head for Education, discussed the struggles of the media practitioners in Davao Del Norte amidst the pandemic and honored them for their undying service to the people.   “ Daghan gyud kanila ang naglisod. Aside sa bokasyon gyud ning pagpanarbaho isip media practitioner, pero di gyud nato ikalimod nga naa gyuy uban nga gihimo gyud nilang source of income. Kato gyud sila ang pinakapapektado  (A ...

DAVAO DEL NORTE, June 25 (PIA) – Two COVID19 variants first found in the United Kingdom and South Africa have recently been detected in the province. In a press release dated June 23, 2021, the Department of Health (DOH) has reported that there is 1 case of Alpha and 6 cases of Beta COVID19 variants in Davao del Norte. The Alpha variant is known as the “B.1.1.7” variant first found in the United Kingdom in November 2020 while the Beta variant is the “B.1.351” variant first found in South Africa in October 2020. The Alpha COVID19 case in the province is a 38-year-old asymptomatic male who is currently admitted in one of the province’s isolation facility. For the 6 cases of Beta COVID19 cases, 3 of them are a 28-year -old male who was asymptomatic, a 20-year-old female and a 22-year-old male who both experienced mild symptoms. However, all three have already been discharged. The other three cases are still active: a 40-year-old asymptomatic female, an 84-year-old male with moderate sympt...