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After the suspension of face to face classes, Las Piñas City Mayor Imelda Aguilar has also approved the suspension of government work today at 1:00 PM due to heightened sulfur dioxide emissions from the Taal Volcano. However, agencies involved in delivering basic and health services, disaster preparedness and...

Davao is rich in prestigious cultural festivities. Among them is the much anticipated Kadayawan Festival, which gathers local and foreign tourists from several parts of the world eager to experience this unique festivity that only Davao could offer. Then mayor–and later became the country’s 16th...

Lawmakers led by Davao City 1st District Representative Paolo Duterte want marginalized communities to get involved in the planning, budgeting and implementation of projects that meet their priority needs as a means to combat poverty at the grassroots level. Duterte said this globally recognized strategy, called...

DAVAO CITY – The Office of First Congressional District Representative Paolo Duterte distributed on Monday, August 14, more than 500 traditional Filipino heavy snacks to all visitors, including the members of the 11 tribes here, in the Kadayawan Tribal Village at Magsaysay Park. The Kadayawan Tribal Village has...

On Wednesday, Benguet Congressman Eric Yap appealed to the National Government for immediate aid for the victims of Typhoon Egay, which critically hit Benguet and the rest of the Northern Philippines. “Unofficial reports of casualties and missing individuals and millions of pesos worth of damaged properties...

Temporarily halted due to pandemic, Angkas, one of the country’s most dependable and affordable motorcycle taxis, yesterday relaunched its services in Cagayan de Oro. “We would like the people of CDO to know that we are back to serve them,” Angkas operations head David Medrana said. According to Medrana, the...

11,000 marginalized workers receive cash aid from First Congressional District Office, DOLE DAVAO CITY – The Office of First Congressional District Representative Paolo Z. Duterte, with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 11, so far aided over 10,000 identified beneficiaries of the Tulong Panghanapbuhay...

DAVAO CITY – First Congressional District Representative Paolo “Pulong” Duterte, represented by his son, Rodrigo “Rigo” Duterte II, turned over a multi-purpose building and evacuation center in Barangay 20-B Poblacion here on March 8, Wednesday afternoon. Rigo, who arrived at the venue on behalf of his father,...

DAVAO CITY – Over 1,000 families affected by the recent flash flood here received relief assistance from the Office of the First Congressional District Representative Paolo Z. Duterte on February 22, Wednesday morning. The First Congressional District Office’s personnel distributed emergency food packs, hot...