Davao City Archives

The devil in the details: MindaNews breaks down the budget document to expose unjustified allocations

CHEERS TO MindaNews for its in-depth reporting on Davao City’s continued prioritization of peace and order in its 2025 budget—a piece that offered both critical context and transparency in... Read more

A Duterte legacy: Rappler recalls killings in Davao City amid Baste’s ‘new’ drug war

CHEERS TO Rappler for pointing out that drug-related killings have not stopped in Davao City as the incumbent mayor issued a declaration of his war on illegal drugs. Recalling... Read more

Media Detects Possible Corruption in “Build” Program

THE DUTERTE regime’s “Build, Build, Build” program is supposed to improve and add to the country’s aging and inadequate infrastructure, but some projects are still unfinished and past their target... Read more

Chinese Military Vessels in Davao: Another New Norm?

IS THERE a new norm that Filipinos are being primed to accept? On July 17, the Philippine Navy and National Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana confirmed that Yuan Wang... Read more

Davao Radio Broadcaster Threatened, Accused of Being Pro-Communist

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A Davao City-based radio broadcaster received text messages that threatened her life. She reported that she was “accused of being pro-communist,” shortly after she criticized the... Read more

Too Early to Crow! Real Count of Firecracker Injuries 2016

CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for challenging the government’s claim that the firecracker casualty rate went down by 60 percent from the previous year. Health Secretary Paulyn... Read more

Davao Bombings: Helpful Historical Background

CHEERS TO Sun.Star Davao and Rappler for providing a timeline on previous bombings in Davao City in light of the recent attack that shook that city. In an... Read more

Duterte Mania and Human Rights: A Disturbing Lapse in Coverage

OF ALL the highly urbanized cities in the Philippines, Davao City has garnered probably every accolade out there: the most livable city, the most environment-friendly city, the city with... Read more

Justice Department orders filing of charges against former officials for murder of journalist

CMFR/Philippines – The Department of Justice on 26 August 2014 ordered the Investigating Prosecutor and Prosecutor General to file charges against two former elected officials for the June 2010... Read more

Witness in killing of journalist shot dead; journalists mauled, threatened at gun point

CMFR/Philippines – Unidentified men shot dead an eye witness in the killing of a journalist in Digos City in 2010 on 31 July 2014 in Davao City. Meanwhile, a... Read more