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LUPON, DAVAO ORIENTAL — Police forces cordoned off and secured the Marayag mining site on November 19, 2025, as part of intensified provincial efforts to halt illegal and environmentally destructive…
Mati City, Davao Oriental — A top-ranking high-value individual (HVI) in the regional drug trade, known by the alias “Bata,” was apprehended in a successful joint anti-illegal drugs operation on…
DAVAO ORIENTAL — The Provincial Government has escalated its campaign against illegal and environmentally destructive mining activities, launching renewed enforcement operations in Barangay Marayag, Lupon, even as it awaits decisive…
CITY OF MATI, Davao Oriental — Eleven individuals were arrested in an anti-illegal mining operation led by Task Force Marayag in Sitio Sumlog, Purok Quarry, Barangay Marayag, Lupon, Davao Oriental…
Mati City, Davao Oriental — Authorities dismantled an alleged drug den and arrested three individuals, including a government employee, during a buy-bust operation along Andravel Street, Barangay Central, in the…
The Department of Agriculture in Davao Region (DA-11), through its Rice Program, has expanded the distribution of hybrid rice seeds to the province of Davao Oriental as part of its…
Davao Oriental — Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon personally visited the province on November 5, 2025, to ensure the prompt rehabilitation of infrastructures damaged by…
MATI CITY, Davao Oriental — Authorities discovered several live ammunition and firearm accessories at a public cemetery in Mati City on November 1, 2025, as residents observed Kalag-Kalag (All Souls’…
MATI CITY, Davao Oriental — “I am his son. I have the right to kill him.” These chilling words came from 36-year-old Arnel Tapdasan, who mercilessly hacked his 62-year-old father,…
TARRAGONA, Davao Oriental — A 70-year-old small-scale miner lost his life after being buried under soil inside his mining tunnel when a strong earthquake struck on October 10, 2025, in…