ASSISTANCE. Former Sen. Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., (2nd from right) and Davao City Mayor Sara Z. Duterte (2nd from left) lead a turnover ceremony in Negros Occidental of a PHP2-million financial assistance and 3,000 food packs worth P1.8 million to Vice Governor Jeffrey Ferrer (center) on Monday (December 20, 2021) to help the victims of Typhoon Odette in the province. Mayor Sara decided to postpone her annual State of the City Address to attend to calamity victims. (Photo courtesy of Uniteam BBM-Sara Facebook Page) DAVAO CITY - Mayor Sara Z. Duterte has once again pushed back her State of the City Address (SOCA) from December 20 to January next year to help people affected by Typhoon Odette. Mayor Sara's December 20 SOCA was supposed to be done virtually from 1 to 3 p.m. It was twice rescheduled since the original date of the address had to be postponed after she fell ill due to the coronavirus disease 2019. After Odette's onslaught, Mayor Sara decided to resch
HELP FOR BOHOL. Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte gives last-minute instructions to the rescue and medical teams the city government dispatched to Bohol, one of the provinces battered by Typhoon Odette, on Sunday (Dec. 19, 2021). The delegation is headed to the municipality of Ubay. (Photofrom the City Government of Davao's Facebook Page) DAVAO CITY - The city government here has sent over a hundred disaster responders to conduct relief and rescue operations in Bohol province, which was badly hit by Typhoon Odette last Thursday. A Facebook post of the City Government of Davao showed Mayor Sara Z. Duterte on Sunday leading the send-off ceremony for the delegation comprising 106 Dabawenyos. The team headed to the municipality of Ubay in Bohol is composed of rescue and medical teams from the City Health Office, Davao City Central 911's Emergency Medical Services, Urban Search and Rescue, Fire Auxiliary Services, Southern Philippines Medical Center doctors, and social workers from the
The latest survey results released by Publicus Asia Inc., an independent and non-commissioned polling conducted on December 6 to 10, 2021, showed presidential aspirant Bongbong Marcos (BBM) increased his commanding lead over his political rivals. More than half or 51.9 percent of the voters polled have indicated BBM as their preferred candidate…
GRAND CARAVAN. Former Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and presidential daughter Davao City Mayor Sara Z. Duterte wave to the crowd from their float during a grand caravan along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City on Wednesday (Dec. 8, 2021). On Tuesday,the Hugpong ng Pagbabago expressed elation over the latest PUBLiCUS Asia survey result showingthe tandememerging as the top picks for next year's polls.(File PNA photo by Joey O. Razon) DAVAO CITY - The Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP) has expressed elation over the latest PUBLiCUS Asia survey result showing its chairperson and presidential daughter Mayor Sara Z. Duterte emerging as the top pick among the vice-presidential aspirants. In a statement on Monday night, the HNP cited that Mayor Sara has dominated the Pahayag Quarter 4 (PHYG-Q4) survey areas, with 54.8 percent of the 1,500 respondents randomly sampled choosing her as their preferred vice-presidential candidate. In Mindanao, 78.6 percent of the respondents preferred Inday Sara as the
Davao City Mayor Sara Z. Duterte (PNA file photo) DAVAO CITY - Mayor Sara Z. Duterte on Tuesday said she supported the withdrawal of her father President Rodrigo Duterte from the senatorial race and Senator Christopher Lawrence Go from the presidential race in the 2022 polls. "The filing of candidacy and withdrawal is a personal decision. We can only support that decision," she said in a statement. President Duterte personally submitted his statement of withdrawal on Tuesday for senator in the May 2022 national and local elections. On November 15, Duterte through lawyer Melchor Aranas filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) for senator. Based on the statement of withdrawal, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) law department received the document at 4:59 p.m. He submitted his statement of withdrawal hours after Go withdrew his COC for president. Earlier, vice-presidential aspirant Mayor Sara announced her picks for the Senate which still included her father. Apart from the