PIA Davao Region

DAVAO CITY, May 31 (PIA)- Secretary Jesus Dureza who served six Philippine Presidents in various capacities launched his 478-page autobiography titled “Walked with the Presidents: An Autobiography” last May 28 at the Guillermo E. Torres Auditorium, University of Mindanao campus in Matina, this City.  With around 200 people mostly family members, relatives, colleagues, friends and supporters gathered at the auditorium for a short program which was capped by a book signing by the author.  President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, a high school classmate of the book author and Senator Christopher Bong Go delivered their recorded congratulatory messages.    “It’s a long walk for about 32 years with six Presidents  kaya di na ako tumakbo ng  Senator, senior citizen Jess  nalang ako para maalagaan ko ang aking asawa, mga anak at aking mga apo  (That is why I didn’t run for senator I will be just senior citizen Jess so I can take care of my wife, my children and gr...

DAVAO DEL NORTE, 31 May (PIA)—The Department of Social Welfare and Development recently turned over the P1,072,690.00 worth of indigenous people’s building called Tog’gan  Center for the IPs in Barangay Carcor in the municipality of New Corella.   Done in just 72 construction days, the Tog’gan Center was funded through the Kapit Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan (KALAHI) - Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan (PAMANA) subay sa Indigenous Peoples Community Driven Development (IP-CDD).   In a recently held turn-over rites, Datu Jolito Manabogan, barangay Indigenous Peoples Mandatory Representative (IPMR) expressed his happiness saying, the Tog’gan Center “is a valuable” facility of the IP community.   During the same occasion, Punong Barangay (Barangay Captain) Filbert Dawal of Brgy. Carcor vowed to support  the IP community and help its members take care of the facility, and to organize events  and activities for the IPs.   "Sa ingon mapreserba ug mapasundayag nato an...

DAVAO CITY, May 31 (PIA) – The provincial government of Davao del Sur has assisted more barangays and peoples organizations as it continues to provide livelihood support and projects across the province. In the convocation program of the employees at the provincial capitol in Digos City on Monday (May 30, 2022), Governor Marc Cagas has turned over a total of P3.1 million worth of financial assistance to a barangay council and various POs. From the total financial assistance, the Barangay Buas in Matanao town received P2 million to fund its relocation site with a land area of 20,000 square meters. According to the Davao del Sur Provincial Information Office, the aid under the Relocation Site Development Program (RSDP) will benefit 149 qualified residents. For the livelihood assistance, the Punta Biao Fish Vendors Association of Barangay Cogon in Digos City is a recipient of P112,000.00 to be used as additional capital for their micro-enterprise projects. Among those that received financ...

DAVAO DEL NORTE,  May 30 (PIA)—Aside from seizing P189,000 worth of illegal drugs, the joint  elements of  the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)  Davao del Norte and  the Sto. Tomas Municipal Police Station eventually dismantled a drug den in an enforcement operation done on May 29, 2022 at around 11:40 in the evening at Purok 1, Barangay New Katipunan, Sto. Tomas, Davao del Norte.   The illegal drug identified as “shabu” or methamphetamine hydrochloride  was seized from Dexter Carlos Perez alias Bibi, 31 years old, single, truck driver  who was with his brothers in a shabu session when the enforcement operation was carried out.   The brothers were caught on the act of selling and using shabu in an entrapment operation during which Perez was selling one piece of medium heat-sealed transparent plastic sachet of “shabu” weighing more or less one gram worth Php. 9,000,  to PDEA XI  agent who acted as poseur buyer  at that ...

DAVAO CITY, May 30 (PIA) – Davao Region is set to receive more tourists as the Department of Tourism (DOT) launched its communication campaign, “ Colours of Mindanao”. In the One Davao Presser held  recently at the Aeon Towers, Tourism Director of Davao Region Tanya Rabat-Tan bared that with the ready tourism circuits of the region which may be integrated or connected with the other regions in Mindanao, the region is expected to gain more tourists. Rabat-Tan explained that the campaign is all about assigning colors to the many tourism circuits in the different parts of Mindanao such that one region gets to offer their own circuits to the similar circuits in other regions and the campaign consolidates it by offering attractive package tours. The campaign will showcase new products under colour themes corresponding to a tourism aspect — blue for dive tourism, teal for sun and beach, green for ecotourism, brown for farm tourism, violet for culture and heritage, red for adventure and s...

DAVAO DEL NORTE, May 30 (PIA)—  The Regional Sub-Committee for Welfare of Children (RSCWC) of Davao Region opens itself to providing  technical assistance to local government units (LGUs) especially in their bid to revise  their Local Code on Children.   RSCWC Regional Coordinator Reneeboy “Bhong” Binondo said that RSCWC XI is momentarily opening up doors for LGUs which seek to review and amend provisions of their respective codes on children to integrate new laws that further uphold children’s rights and welfare..   Even if LGUs have just recently passed or amended their Local Code on Children but Binondo said that if new national policies need to be integrated to form part of the local policies on children, “the Local Code on Children can readily be updated.”   Binondo was particularly referring to the Republic Act 10821 or “An Act Mandating the Provision of Emergency Relief and Protection for Children Before, During, and After Disasters and Other Emergen...

DAVAO CITY, May 30 (PIA) – An official of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation in the region has called on all members to register with PhilHealth “Konsultang Sulit at Tama” Package to avail of the outpatient health services.   Johanna Blason, PhilHealth-XI press relations officer, explained that the Konsulta package is an expansion of primary care benefit which is newly-implemented, to cover all Filipinos as mandated by the Universal Health Care Law.   It offers the comprehensive outpatient health services such as initial and follow-up primary care consultations, health screening and assessment and access to selected diagnostic services, and medicines.    “This is what we have been clamoring and waiting for, to have outpatient health services… This is to prevent us from getting sick or for our sickness to get worst. We don’t need to be hospitalized to avail of Philhealth services,” Blason stated.   She bared that there are 13 laboratory and diagnost...