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Fire breaks out at Puting Bato, Samal

NEW HEALTH STATION. The provincial government of Davao de Oro turns a barangay health center worth PHP3 million to Sitio Puting Bato, Barangay Ngan, Compostela on Feb. 19, 2022. The sitio is a former New People's Army (NPA)-infiltrated area. (Photo courtesy of Davao de Oro PIO) DAVAO CITY - Some PHP6 million worth of infrastructure projects have been poured into Sitio Puting Bato, Barangay Ngan, a former New People's Army (NPA)-infiltrated area in the municipality of Compostela, the prov...

RECOVERED FIREARMS. The 29th Infantry Battalion recovers high-powered firearms from the New People's Army (NPA) in a skirmish Tuesday (Jan. 25, 2022) in Sitio Ancili, Barangay Putting Bato, Cabadbaran City. The firearms were recovered after troops conducting a security operation in the area clashed with around 15 NPA insurgents. (Photo courtesy of 29IB) BUTUAN CITY - The 29th Infantry Battalion (29IB) reported the recovery of six high-powered firearms after a clash with communist New People&...

Experience Davao City

Davao City starts mobile vaccination for seniors

A good year for the Philippine eagle in 2020, but not for its supporters The country’s pandemic lockdown, among the longest and strictest in the world, curtailed field expeditions in the southern Mindanao region, impacting the conservation of the critically endangered Philippine eagles (Phitecopaga jefferyi). Despite the limitations, Philippine eagle conservationists and their partner agencies rescued seven eagles and sighted two new eagle families. Conservationists note that more eagles have...