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LUPON, DAVAO ORIENTAL — Alarmed by the growing impact of mining activities on Indigenous Peoples (IPs), landowners, and traditional leaders, Barangay Marayag officials formally elevated their concerns to the provincial…
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…
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…
On June 3, 2025, a joint operation by the NBI Southeastern Mindanao Regional Office XI, NBI Anti-Human Trafficking Division (HTHRAD) Manila, and DSWD Region XI raided a suspected cybersex trafficking…
Davao Oriental – Authorities seized an estimated Php384,000 worth of marijuana in an anti-illegal drugs operation conducted by the Regional Police Drug Enforcement Unit (RPDEU) 11 on February 13, 2025,…
Authorities conducted two successful buy-bust operations in Davao Oriental on October 31, leading to the arrests of two drug suspects and the dismantling of an illegal drug den.