PIA Davao Region

DAVAO CITY, Jan 24 (PIA)- The Bakuna Booster by the Sea (BBBTS) concluded on Sunday (Jan. 23) with 3,279 people vaccinated inside the picturesque vaccination site. The BBBTS started ran from Jan. 12 to 16 and Jan. 19 to 23. It was held at the Garden Pavillion of the Waterfront Insular Hotel Davao. This seaside vaccination program is the continuation of the much heralded Bakuna by the Sea (BBTS) held last year to vaccinate tourism industry workers in the city. Last year’s BBTS vaccinated over 14,000 tourism workers in the city. The original BBTS won the third place in the Pearl Awards for best tourism practice in the country. The Bakuna Booster by the Sea was opened to other sectors aside from the tourism industry sector in an effort to beef up the population with the anticipated surge brought about by Omicron variant. The organizers had targeted 10,000 vaccinees for the booster shots. “We would like to thank all our partners and sponsors for our 2nd week. Your support has greatly contr...

D AVAO CITY- Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio personally thanked visiting Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, representing the Gatchalian family for sponsoring the Bakuna by the Sea Vaccination Site situated inside the family-owned  Watefront Insular Hotel Davao. Senator Gatchalian and Mayor Duterte-Carpio on Friday (Sept. 17) toured the vaccination site dubbed as the most beautiful vaccination site in the country as it is located inside a picturesque seaside garden. Bakuna by the Sea which started as a vaccination hub in June this year, has inoculated over 14,000 tourism industry workers in Davao City and the adjacent provinces. It was realized thru the partnership of the City Government of Davao, Waterfront Insular Hotel Davao and the tourism industry stakeholders led by the Davao Tourism Association (DATA). “I wanted to personally thank the Gatchalian family thru Senator Sherwin sa malaking tulong nila sa Davao City kasi yung ginawa nilang Bakuna by the Sea hindi basta basta yun, th...

DAVAO CITY, July 6 (PIA)- “Bayanihan” is the age-old Filipino custom of communal unity, people working hand-in-hand to achieve a common goal. And this was witnessed in the recent Bakuna by the Sea, a vaccination program intended to inoculate an estimated 9,000 tourism industry workers in the city.   The gargantuan task was made possible thru the efforts of the City Government of Davao particularly its attached offices such as the City Health Office and the City Tourism Operations Office in partnership with the Davao Tourism Association, a private organization of tourism stakeholders plus the mammoth generosity of Waterfront Insular Hotel Davao.   Waterfront Insular Hotel Davao to meaningfully celebrate its 60 th year provided the venue and major logistical counterpart in conjunction with DATA which is composed of various tourism and allied businesses in the city.   DATA was able to gather several tourism industry associations to bond as one cohesive unit.  The part...