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FIRE incidents in Davao City rose by 32.1 percent from January to December 2018 with 416 cases which is higher compared to the same period in 2017.

DAVAO City's Integrated Gender and Development Division (IGDD) recorded 13,001 violence against women and children (VAWC) cases since its establishment in 2004 until June 2018

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte claimed that a priest in Davao City had died of the human immunodeficiency virus - Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV-Aids).

DAVAO City Transport and Traffic Management Office (CTTMO) head Dionisio Abude said the problem with road closure during major events in the city is the limited capacity of roads and highways to cater to vehicles.

THE Police Regional Office (PRO)-Davao regional director Police Chief Superintendent Marcelo Morales conducted security preparedness and inspection in malls, seaports, airport and Davao City Overland Transport Terminal (Dcott) Sunday, December 23

MORE than 4,500 members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) community in Davao City gathered at the SMX Convention Center, Lanang, on Tuesday, December 18.

ROUGHLY five out 100 drug users suffered a relapse while undergoing treatment, according to the Ateneo de Davao University.

MORE direct flights between Indonesia and Davao City must be made in order to boost tourism activity and potential business investments for both areas.

THE City Government of Davao was awarded as finalist for the best highly-urbanized city disaster reduction management council in the country last December 4.

AUTHORITIES formed a Special Investigation Task Group (SITG) to focus on the resolution of the ambush incident in the Island Garden of Samal (Igacos) on Sunday, killing a village (barangay) captain and his personal body guard.

POLICE arrested in Davao del Norte on Wednesday evening, November 28, former Bayan Muna representative Satur Ocampo, together with ACT Teachers Representative France Castro and other group members over alleged human trafficking of minors.

A CRIMINOLOGY student tested positive for illegal drugs during the mandatory drug testing conducted by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Davao City public schools. -LYKA AMETHYST H. CASAMAYOR

DAVAO City Vice Mayor Bernard Al-ag and seven city councilors underwent testing for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) at the Sangguniang Panglungsod (SP) Tuesday, November 20, as part of efforts to help end stigma against the infection.

Presidential son and former Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte is running for Congress in the 2019 midterm elections to get back at Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, his father President Rodrigo Duterte said on Friday

THE brand new patrol vehicles donated by the South Korean government for the Davao City Police Office (DCPO) will be formally turned over Monday, November 19, during the flag raising ceremony at the City Hall. -Juliet Rivera

LESS than two months before Christmas, the top police official in Davao City has directed the different police stations to rescue children who will be found caroling on the streets.