PIA Davao Region

DAVAO CITY, Dec. 24 (PIA) – The provincial government of Davao del Sur has intensified its turnover of completed projects to provide convenience to the intended beneficiaries in the far-flung areas in the province.   Among the recently turned over was the covered space with stage worth P1,186,886.58 for the Sibulan National High School in the remote barangay of Sibulan in the municipality of Sta. Cruz.   An electrification project with 150-watt solar lights was also provided for the benefit of the barangay residents.   Governor Marc Cagas turned over the projects to the school teaching personnel represented by Isabelito F. Poncardas and to the barangay council headed by Punong Barangay Danilo Abe.   Abe conveyed his gratitude to the governor for the electrification project which would now provide light to the dark portion of the barangay roads.   In Bansalan town, Cagas has also turned over a newly improved and rehabilitated gymnasium worth P3 million for the residents of Brgy. Sto. Ni

DAVAO CITY, Dec. 21 (PIA) – Various local government units in the province of Davao del Sur bagged awards at the recently concluded 9 th  Regional Competitiveness Summit hosted by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).   Following the win of the Digos City LGU as the 1 st  most improved LGU in the component cities category, the municipal LGU of Sulop also grabbed the most competitive LGU in infrastructure pillar under the class 3–4 municipalities category.   The 7 th  overall most competitive LGU under the class 3–4 municipalities category was also bestowed to Sulop LGU.   The LGU of Padada was awarded the 7 th  most improved LGU for class 3–4 municipalities category.   The LGU of Magsaysay has also been conferred as the 4 th  most competitive LGU on the government efficiency pillar for class 3 – 4 municipalities category and the 8 th  most competitive LGU on resiliency pillar for the same category.   The 5 th  most competitive LGU in Government Efficiency Pillar for class 3–4 mun

DAVAO CITY, Dec. 20 (PIA) – The Tupad Pangako Program of Davao del Sur has once again paved way for the second batch of former rebels to complete various skills training and basic education to prepare them to reintegrate back into their respective communities and regain normal life.   The 17 FRs from across Davao del Sur recently graduated from a three-month livelihood skills training held at the Mindanao Baptist Rural Life Center (MBRLC) in Barangay Kinuskusan in Bansalan town.   The FRs also received Christmas gift packages from the provincial government of Davao del Sur, Cor Jesu College of Digos, Department of Interior and Local Government of Davao del Sur and among others.   The FR-trainees have learned on knowledge and practical skills on agriculture, welding, manicure, pedicure, massage, electrical, entrepreneurial, as well as on spiritual development, and among others.   Under the program, they have also undergone reorientation and reorganization on their mindset to abandon com

DOH Usec Dr. Abdullah Dumama, Jr. administers the vaccination of Diosdado Canete during the Bayanihan Bakunahan SULOP, Davao del Sur, Nov. 29 (PIA) – The officials of the Department of Health and the local government unit of Sulop in Davao del Sur, were happy to see the influx of eager residents to get inoculated during the provincial kick-off of the National COVID-19 Vaccination Days in said municipality.   Many eligible Sulopians have flocked to the Holy Cross of Sulop, where the kick-off ceremony took place, to take the chance of receiving their COVID-19 vaccines.   As of 6:00pm on November 29, Municipal Health Officer Dr. Fidel Marcelo Malate reported through a phone interview that from the five vaccination sites, a total of 1,277 Sulop residents have been vaccinated during the first day of the NVD.   Malate said that the number has so far been the highest recorded in a day of vaccination in the entire municipality. “The NVD activity has really helped a lot,” he stated.   Although

DAVAO CITY, Nov. 25 (PIA) – The provincial government of Davao del Sur has targeted 134,866 individuals in the entire province to get inoculated during the “Bayanihan Bakunahan” National COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign on November 29, 30 to December 1, 2021.   Davao del Sur Governor Marc Douglas IV Cagas has issued Executive Order No. 39 Series of 2021 on Monday (Nov. 22), enjoining all local government units and stakeholders in the province to support and participate in the three-day vaccination drive.   In the executive order, Cagas raised the importance of the provincial LGU’s full support to the national vaccination campaign to further accelerate the vaccination rollout and to achieve at least 70 per cent of its eligible population.   It aims to get a daily target of 44,962 vaccinees in the whole province during the period.   The following are the breakdown of the total target population per city/municipality: Bansalan -5,667; Digos City - 13,005; Hagonoy - 5,310; Kiblawan - 4,274; M

DAVAO CITY, Nov. 4 (PIA) – The Davao del Sur State College (DSSC) in Digos City has organized a three-day vaccination rollout which benefitted 468 students including staff and teachers who received their first jab of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.   The vaccination drive held at the DSSC gymnasium on November 2-4, 2021 was part of the “Sama-Samang Vaccination Program for Tertiary Students in Davao Region,” an initiative of the Commission on Higher Education Region XI (CHED-XI) in partnership with the Department of Health Region XI (DOH-XI).   DSSC President Dr. Augie E. Fuentes explained that the vaccination rollout was aimed at having students fully vaccinated and getting them ready for the limited face-to-face classes by January 2022.   “I would like to thank the teams coming from the Davao del Sur Provincial Hospital, our Red Cross team, our provincial DOH Team and our local BHW’s from Barangay Matti,” Fuentes expressed gratitude to the vaccination teams.   Dr. Maricar Casquejo, regio

DAVAO CITY, Sept. 23 (PIA) – The world-class and award winning local products and travel destinations in Davao del Sur are being featured and promoted in the first DavSur Travel and Trade Expo 2021.     Despite the pandemic, the virtual edition of the provincial expo has been made possible through the initiatives of the Department of Trade and Industry of Davao del Sur and the Provincial Tourism Development and Promotion Office.   DTI-Davao del Sur Provincial Director Maria Victoria Placer explained that the expo highlights the province's globally competitive products as well as the tourism destinations, circuits and activities.                                               Since its launch on Tuesday (Sept. 21), the virtual expo has been staging several activities such as the opening ceremony, webinars on entrepreneurship and financial literacy and the Filipino brand of Service, and online show on tourist attractions and culinary products.   “It is with utmost pride that we boast