PIA Davao Region

DAVAO CITY, May 27 (PIA)- Cacao Industry Development Association of Mindanao (CIDAMI) president Val Turtur cited outgoing Davao City Mayor and Vice President-elect Sara "Inday" Duterte in the growth of the cacao industry in Davao City. “The City Government program thru Mayor Inday, we were given free cacao seedlings at the same time they continued to provide trainings they also gave equipment and machines for chocolate processors,” Turtur said. The City Government had various programs and projects to assist cacao growers and chocolate processors in Davao City.   During her 2017 State of the City Address, the Mayor mentioned the  Cacao Production and Marketing of Dry Fermented Beans, a sub-project under the Philippine Rural Development Project-Investment in Rural Enterprise and Agriculture and Fisheries Productivity (PRDP-IREAP) with Subasta Integrated Multi-Purpose Cooperative (SIMPC).   The project has 16 cluster members from Calinan, Tugbok, Baguio, and Marilog Districts wi

    DAVAO DEL NORTE, May 26 (PIA) —- Even as he aims to open the tourism industry of the Island Garden City of Samal, City Mayor Al David Uy sees to it that health and security protocols are followed.   In the bid to secure the May 28 culmination night of Summer Saya sa Isla 2022, Mayor Uy issued Executive Order No. 26 series of 2022, providing health and security guidelines to mark the end of this summer fest.   He wanted to ensure “the safety of everyone who will attend”, giving consideration to the still hoisted public health  emergency status  of  the Philippines due to threats of COVID-19 infection.    “There is a need to lay down guidelines that must be observed by everyone who wish to attend the culmination activity,” Mayor Uy cited in E.O. No. 26, signed on May 20, 2022 also directing concerned city government offices to follow the  recommended floor plan for the event in accordance with  the minimum public health protocol.   Part of the recommended event set up is the installa

DAVAO CITY, May 26 (PIA) - With reported local transmission of the Omicron subvariant BA.2.12.1 in the National Capital Region, Western Visayas, and Puerto Princesa, the Department of Health XI cascaded heightened protocols. DOH XI Dr. Rachel Pasion briefed the members of the Regional Vaccination Operations Center (RVOC) XI that the country now implements a strengthened four-door strategy: through continuous global scanning for emerging variants; through strict implementation of border protocols; prioritizing the use of RT-PCR in testing and in symptomatics and their close contacts; and religiously sending positive samples for sequencing as soon as possible. The current protocol does not require close contact with mild and moderate symptoms to be tested. But the enhanced response put in place is requiring RT-PCR testing for symptomatic individuals and their close contacts in the conduct of active surveillance. Another enhanced response is by prioritizing the submission of whole genome

MATI CITY, DAVAO ORIENTAL- The nickel mining site of the Austral-Asia link Mining Corporation and Hallmark Mining Corporation is located outside of the Mt. Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary and the Pujada Bay Seascape and Landscape. In a statement, the local government unit of Mati City said that the mining area is “four kilometers away from the boundary of the Pujada Bay Seascape which is a protected area and is also outside the Mt. Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary which is a Unesco-heritage site.” The mining site located in Barangay Macambol in Mati City comprises a total area measuring 17,215.49 hectares. The Mati City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CiENRO) clarified that the mining operation has been issued a Mineral Production Sharing Agreement (MPSA) by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in 2004 and has been in operation since then. When a nationwide ban on open-pit mining was implemented in 2017, the mining company also stopped its operati

DAVAO DEL NORTE, 25 May (PIA)— The Technical Skills Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) provincial office in Davao del Norte has already laid down its projects and services for implementation in  the Barangay Development Program (BDP) priority areas covered in 2022. Guesting during the Sayron Ta! Pakigsayod radio program this morning, TESDA Provincial Director Leah Braga said TESDA Davao del Norte is placing on the deck for rollout the programs and projects  due for 19 priority barangays in  the municipalities of Talaingod, Sto Tomas, New Corella, Asuncion, Kapalong, and Panabo City. “Naka-plastar na ang scholarship programs and other projects for the 19 priority barangays; kadaghanan ani naa sa agriculture kay mao ang priority sector of the program. (We  have made ready the scholarship program and other projects for the 19 priority barangays; some of which are into agriculture as this is the priority sector of the program), ” she said.  In  the nine BDP areas in New Cor

DAVAO City, May 24 (PIA)—An official of the Department of Education XI revealed the issuance Deped-043 Series of 2022 or guidelines by the DepEd-Central Office for the conduct of the end of school year rites like the face-to-face graduation, moving up and recognition ceremonies for its pupils and students. Jeneilito Atillo, spokesperson of the DepEd XI said the guideline covers the public elementary and secondary schools or the basic education; kindergarten all the way up to the senior graduating high schools and the graduating classes of the alternative learning system.   He said that under the DepEd memorandum order-043 Series of 2022, the end of school year rites will be a combination of online and offline ceremonies wherein the parents and their children have a choice of attending either online or offline ceremonies.   Atillo said the hybrid ceremonies are designed to cater everyone but the IATF stringent requirements must be taken in consideration.   “The order requires the parent

DAVAO DEL NORTE, May 24 (PIA)— Indigenous Peoples Community Driven Development (IP CDD) projects implemented in Davao del Norte thru KALAHI CIDSS PAMANA of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) are seen accomplished and benefiting indigenous peoples (IPs).   The Municipal Government of San Isidro recently published the turnover ceremony of two barangay isolation units done on the same day of May 13, 2022 in barangays Datu Balong and Monte Dujali.   With a project cost of P606,853.75  for each of the barangay isolation unit, the projects were designed to benefit the Dibabawon Tribe in the Municipality of San Isidro, to support their Ancestral Domain Sustainable Development Protection Plan (ASDPP), and to strengthen the collaboration between the local government and the Indigenous Political Structures.   The projects were granted under the administration of Municipal Mayor Arnel H. Sitoy who thanked the Dibabawon tribal leaders and the respective barangay Indigenous Peo