Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Mar Roxas has met with Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, but the latter denied the meeting discussed plans on the 2016 presidential elections. Roxas turned over eight patrol jeeps to the local police in Davao on Saturday where he met Duterte. However, DILG secretary said his meeting … Read more
The country’s largest city, Davao City improves its ranking in the world’s safest city list, according to the latest data released by crowd-sourcing survey site Numbeo.com. Davao City is now considered as the fifth safest city in the world improving the city’s ninth-place ranking last month. According to the list of the world’s safest city, … Read more
Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte admitted that he is now considering to run for President of the Republic of the Philippines in the 2016 national elections after being fed up with the criticisms thrown at him by some official of the government. In an interview Mayor Duterte was quoted as saying “This is the first … Read more
Controversial chief executive of Davao City, Mayor Rodrigo Duterte revealed the reasons behind why he is supporting the propsed Bangsamoro Basic Law during his visit to Cotabato City. The visit of Mayor Dutere was supposed to focus on federalism, however he decided not to dwell on the issue, instead he expressed support with the BBL. … Read more
Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte met with Interior and Local Government Sceretary Mar Roxas on Friday, but the controversial mayor said the meeting was not political. Duterte, who is push by some groups to run for higher office, said to be the country’s president is a person’s destiny. “The presidency is destiny talaga. Destiny,” Duterte … Read more
In a television interview, Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte has admitted his links to the Davao Death Squad, which is allegedly responsible for summary executions of criminals in the city. Earlier, a New York-based Human Rights Watch has called for an investigation into the killings and urged the Philippine government not to tolerate a public … Read more
Beautiful. Safe. Davao City is indeed surging with its tagline “Life is here” as it was recently proclaimed as the 9th safest city in the world. But this is an expected thing for most people in Davao City. What’s the secret? Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterto made the confession. “Kill them all”, this is the … Read more
Davao City was named as the 9th safest in the world and is the country’s most child-friendly based on government ranking as data released by crowd-sourced rating site Numbeo.com. Numbeo, in its information update of world’s safest cities said the city has a safety index of 80.69 or a crime index of 19.31. Davao City … Read more
Veteran action star and renowned showbiz personality Robin Padilla has pledged his support for the possible presidential bid of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo “Rudy” Duterte in the upcoming 2016 National Elections. Robin Padilla posted a photo of the mayor on his official Instagram account as a sign of his support. The “Bonifacio” actor Robin Padilla … Read more
Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte denied allegations and reports posted on various news media organization particularly from the Visayas and Mindanao that he plans to run for President in the upcoming 2016 national elections. The mayor of Davao City clarified during an interview in Dagupan city that he never said it in a very categorical … Read more