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Details: Category: Region 11; Published: 22 December 2020

image pamaskong handog article The provincial government of Davao Oriental, in celebration of the Christmas holiday season, is currently distributing sacks of Super Toner Rice as its version of “Pamaskong Handog” to barangay officials and functionaries of all municipalities and city in the province.

Governor Nelson L. Dayanghirang said the distribution serves as the local government’s gift to its constituents, to ensure food security while uplifting their spirits during the holidays despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

Details: Category: Region 11; Published: 21 December 2020

Davao City Hall Davao City Mayor Inday Sara Duterte has formed a technical working group (TWG) to formulate the implementing rules and regulations of the Special Office for Children’s Concern (SOCC) via Executive Order 66, Series of 2020. The order, which she signed on December 11, tasked the TWG to provide the guidelines for the special office’s composition, its duties and functions, and other purposes.

She said, “There is a need for the creation of a Technical Working Group to handle the efficient formulation of the Implementing Rules and Regulations for the creation of the Special Office for Children’s Concerns.”

City Ordinance No. 0602-18, which created the SOCC under the City Mayor’s Office was passed in 2018. The ordinance aims to beef up the capacity of all implementing agencies in realizing the provisions of the Davao City Children’s Welfare Code.

Details: Category: Region 11; Published: 18 December 2020

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If you are a person who tested positive for coronavirus disease but showed no symptoms or without life-threatening symptoms, you will not be sent to a hospital. Instead, you will be placed in isolation for 14 days to prevent the spread of the virus.

This according to Dr. Marjorie Culas, Davao City assistant city health officer. Dr. Culas said isolation and quarantine are the most important components to end transmission of any infection or to stop the spread of a contagious disease and should be done immediately as soon as positive tests come out.

Among those needing isolation at the Temporary Treatment and Monitoring Facilities (TTMFs) for 10-14 days are confirmed Covid-19 mild and asymptomatic cases and 60 years old patients and below without pre-existing conditions. The number of days in isolation units will be determined by the licensed medical doctor assigned in each TTMF.

Those admitted to TTMFs are encouraged to have personal monitoring tools needed to continue self-assessment like digital BP apparatus, thermometer, pulse oximeter, and their maintenance medications, mobile phones, and hygiene kits.

Who will be brought to the hospital?

Patients who are showing symptoms of Covid-19 are brought to the Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) for evaluation, laboratory work-up, and further observation and management.

Persons with co-morbidities, the elderly, those who are considered as moderate to severe cases, and patients who need extra medical care and management are also brought to the hospital (SPMC).

After a thorough evaluation by medical doctors and infectious specialists, they will either be brought to TTMF to finish the 10-14 days isolation or they remain at SPMC for care and treatment.

Details: Category: Region 11; Published: 21 December 2020

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MANILA, Dec. 17 -- While some progress has been made to reduce the number of families that have experienced involuntary hunger in the fourth quarter of the year, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles on Wednesday said that “much work still has to be done to return to and improve on the country’s pre-pandemic hunger figures.”

Nograles, head of the government’s Zero Hunger Task Force, said that the government viewed the 14 percentage point-drop in total hunger between September 2020 and December 2020 as an indicator that government efforts to reopen the economy have helped provide families with the income necessary to provide for their basic needs, such as food.

Details: Category: Region 11; Published: 17 December 2020

Davao City most competitive city Davao City is this year’s Second Most Competitive City in the Highly-Urbanized City category, a notch higher from the 2019 Competitiveness Index Awards. Davao City ranked next to Manila City in the first place while Pasay City in third place. The three highly-urbanized cities bested 30 other cities in the same category.

The recognition was given during the 8th Regional Competitiveness Summit – Cities and Municipalities Competitiveness Index Awards on December 16, 2020. According to Davao City Investment and Promotion Center (DCIPC) chief April Marie Dayap, this was an improvement from last year when Davao City ranked third.

The award was conferred by the Department of Trade and Industry – Competitiveness Bureau to local Government units (LGUs) that excelled in the four competitiveness pillars – economic dynamism, government efficiency, infrastructure, and resiliency.

Davao City placed second in Economic Dynamism considering factors such as the size of the economy, sources of material, the structure of the economy, safety compliance of businesses, cost of living financial deepening involving the number of financial institutions within the city and number of people employed.

Details: Category: Region 11; Published: 21 December 2020

magsaysay logo By Anthony S. Allada

The tremendous and horrible effects of the series of strong earthquakes last year did not hamper the local government of Magsaysay (Davao del Sur) to bag again the prestigious 3rd place award for the Most Competitive Municipality for Resiliency (3rd and 4th Class).

Magsaysay defied the odds and once again recognized nationally during the 8th Regional Competitiveness Summit Awarding Ceremony today via Facebook Live.

The Department of Trade Industry is the lead agency to hold the annual event.

It institutionalized the Cities and Municipalities Competitive Index (CMCI) as the annual ranking of Philippine Cities and Municipalities developed by the National Competitive Council thru Regional Competitive Committees with the assistance of the United States Agency for International Development.