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Per the Philippine Statistics Authority, in 2015 the Philippines had a poverty incidence of 26.3%. [19] While this figure has been decreasing over the past few years, [ 19 ] this still is one of the reasons why girls and their families turn to prostitution to enable the family to maintain a certain level of lifestyle. [ 20 ]
A bombing at the Roxas Night Market occurred in Davao City, Philippines, on September 2, 2016, causing at least 14 deaths and 70 injuries. [1] On September 13, 2016, one of those injured, a pregnant woman, died, bringing the death toll up to 15.
Poverty Incidence of Davao City 5 10 15 20 2000 13.83 2003 14.94 2006 15.70 2009 13.24 2012 10.56 2015 9.20 2018 9.47 2021 5.10 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority The Peak, Gaisano Mall Davao is part of the East Asian Growth Area, a regional economic-cooperation initiative in Southeast Asia. According to the foundation, the city has a projected average annual growth of 2.53 percent over a ...
Mary Jean Lastimosa – Miss Universe Philippines 2014 and Top 10 Finalist in the Miss Universe 2014 pageant held in Doral, Florida. A native of Tulunan, North Cotabato, Lastimosa studied and resided in Davao City. She won Mutya ng Dabaw (Miss Davao) and was crowned Reyna ng Aliwan in 2008 representing Davao and the Kadayawan Festival.
During negotiations on the night of April 3, the gang reiterated their demand for a plane. Hours later 13 hostage-takers released their hostages and peacefully surrendered while Pugoy and the other leader Ricardo Navarro held on to their hostages, two teenage girls. The convicts who surrendered were temporarily held in the Davao City Jail.
Poverty Incidence of Davao Region 10 20 30 40 50 2000 46.90 2003 34.70 2006 30.64 2009 31.38 2012 30.74 2015 23.51 2018 19.07 2021 11.90 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority A view of Davao City as seen in July 2018 While the region's economy is predominantly agri-based, it is now developing into a center for agro-industrial business, trade and tourism. Its competitive advantage is in agri ...
Budots is a Bisaya slang word for slacker (Tagalog: tambay). [1] An undergraduate thesis published in University of the Philippines Mindanao suggests the slang originated from the Bisaya word burot meaning "to inflate," a euphemism to the glue-sniffing juvenile delinquents called "rugby boys."
DXKC-DTV (channel 31) is a television station in Metro Davao, Philippines, serving as the Mindanao flagship of Broadcast Enterprises and Affiliated Media, Inc. The station maintains a transmitter facility along Broadcast Ave., Shrine Hills, Brgy. Matina Crossing, Davao City. [1]