In Case You Missed It Davao

04/01/2025

𝙞𝘾𝙔𝙈𝙞 𝘿𝙖𝙫𝙖𝙤 Flex !

04/01/2025

𝒊𝑪𝒀𝑴𝒊 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒂𝒐!
Is at Totsy's a homegrown brands of Bukidnon.

Enjoying the Croissant pizza 🍕
It’s a fun twist on traditional pizza, using flaky croissant dough as the base instead or regular pizza crust.

The chicken teriyaki is so delicious,it almost too good to be captured in a picture. It’s a standout dish that’s full of flavor and simpy too good to be contained in a photo

26/12/2024

𝐢𝐂𝐘𝐌𝐈 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐨!

Campus DEVCON Summit Empowers 700+ Young Minds in CALABARZON to Shape the Future of Tech

LIPA, Batangas – December 18, 2024 – DEVCON, the Philippines' leading tech and developer community, concluded its biggest CALABARZON regional campus summit, Tech Nexus, held in University of Batangas – Lipa. The event gathered over 700 students from more than 30 schools across Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon.

Celebrating a Year of Growth and Announces Exciting Initiatives

Following successful DEVCON Summits in Mindanao and Visayas, Tech Nexus capped off a year marked by innovation and community building for DEVCON’s Summit series. The event featured various activities like emerging technology talks, panel discussions, and breakout talks designed to inspire and equip the next generation of techies.

25/12/2024

24/12/2024

𝐢𝐂𝐘𝐌𝐢 Davao!

Are you a matcha enthusiast? This treat is an absolute must!!!

Indulge in the authentic taste if Japan with homemade Matcha ice cream, crafted with love and care using only the finest ingredients sourced directly from Japan.

Available in 2 sizes pint for 150 and
Tub for350.

Branches are :
📍2A Sobrecary St. Obrero,
Doña Luisa P1 along Quimpo Blvd.
Cirinio Bldg P. Reyes St. Brgy 4-A
45 Cordelira St. Phase 2 Bangkal a

22/12/2024

22/12/2024

B**g Go welcomes PhilHealth’s reforms

Sen.. Christopher “B**g” Go, on Wednesday, December 18, affirmed the reforms of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), which had been approved by its board recently. These reforms were appealed by Go and various stakeholders during the course of 11 hearings conducted by the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, which he chairs.

“Kung hindi dahil sa ating pakikipaglaban, hindi matutupad ang mga dagdag na benepisyo na ito. Sulit ang pangungulit,” Senator Go said, adding that he shared this fight with health advocates.

Senator Go has been consistently urging the state health insurer to expand its benefit packages, especially for the top 10 mortality diseases, increase case rates, and scrap its restrictive policies like the 24-hour confinement policy.

Senator Go likewise advocated for the coverage of additional services like dental and optometric services, preventive and emergency care, as well as provision of medicines and assistive devices.

During the recent hearing, PhilHealth Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer Eli Santos confirmed that the PhilHealth Board had approved most of these benefit packages and reforms.

“Nagpapasalamat tayo sa PhilHealth. Nauna na nilang inalis ang Single Confinement Policy,” Senator Go said, referring to the rule that restricted PhilHealth benefits for recurring admissions within 90 days.

Senator Go has been instrumental in the scrapping of the Single Confinement Policy (SCP), which he described as anti-poor, illogical, and out-of-touch, having placed a heavy burden on Filipino families dealing with chronic or recurring illnesses.

In 2023 alone, 26,750 claims—many of which involved cases of pneumonia, acute gastroenteritis, and chronic kidney diseases—were denied due to the SCP, as stated in PhilHealth’s All Case Rates Public Policy No. 2 (PhilHealth Circular No. 0035, s. 2013).

“I also commend the recent approval of a second round of increases in selected case rates by 50 percent,” Senator Go said.

Senator Go has been vocal about adjusting case rates to help reduce out-of-pocket expenses for patients requiring expensive medical treatments. The PhilHealth Board recently approved a PHP 284 billion Corporate Operating Budget for 2025, reflecting various improvements in PhilHealth benefits.

“Galit ang tao ngayon dahil alam natin na maraming pasyente ang nanghihingalo ng walang pambayad sa ospital at marami pa rin ang takot magpa-ospital. Lugi ang Pilipino sa liit ng benepisyo mula sa PhilHealth,” Senator Go underscored.

In this connection, Senator Go urged PhilHealth to ensure that its funds benefit the people and to make its fund utilization more efficient; otherwise, it is the people who would suffer.

“Uulitin ko po, ang mahihirap na pasyente ang kawawa rito,” Go stressed, adding that the improvement of PhilHealth benefits would be a big help to indigent patients.

https://mindanaojournal.com/bong-go-welcomes-philhealths-reforms/

22/12/2024

ｉＣＹＭＩ Ｄａｖａｏ！

More than 700 students from more than 30 schools across Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon gather in University of Batangas - Lipa to attend the biggest campus summit in the region by DEVCON, the Philippines' leading tech and developer community. Named Tech Nexus, this Campus DEVCON Summit marked as the biggest of its kind in CALABARZON region, featuring various activities like emerging technology talks, panel discussions, and breakout talks designed to inspire and equip the next generation of tech professionals.

The said summit offer students a unique chance to delve into cutting-edge technology topics shaping the future, including quantum computing, Snowflake Enterprise Data Cloud, FinTech, artificial intelligence education, blockchain smart contracts, tech leadership, cyber security, and many more.

21/12/2024

𝒊𝑪𝒀𝑴𝑰 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒂𝒐!

PINNING CEREMONY & CHRISTMAS PARTY | 𝐆𝐔𝐈𝐃𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐕𝐀𝐎

Davao Region’s association of DOT- Accredited and CTOO-licensed tour guides. DM Guide Davao for Davao Heritage walk and tourguide bookings and queries!!

21/12/2024

𝒊𝑪𝒀𝑴𝑰 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒂𝒐!

Mark your calendars and get ready to celebrate the New Year’s Eve experience awaits at Blue Lotus Hotel!!

For inquiries and reservations,please call 08233-3333 or (0917)623-8510

21/12/2024

𝐢𝐂𝐘𝐌𝐈 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐨

​🇲​​🇺​​🇫​​🇦​​🇸​​🇦​ NOw in cinemas!!

16/12/2024

𝙄𝘾𝙔𝙈𝙄 𝘿𝙖𝙫𝙖𝙤 Flex !

16/12/2024

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Of rice, mendicancy andbankruptcy (LETTERS FROM DAVAO by Jun Ledesma)

Was HSBC Global Research ASEAN economist Aris Dacanay among the bright boys the Pres. B**gbong Marcos consulted on how to arrest inflation upticks in the country under his administration? Former Agriculture Secretary Many Pinol had earlier issued a challenge to a public debate to this character after he proudly coming out with his grand assumption that reducing the 35% tariff on rice importations will address Marcos dual problems: the rising inflation and looming shortage of rice supply.

Dacanay never responded to the challenge of Pinol. Obviously this Dacanay has never stepped out from his airconditioned office, has not dropped by a rice stall in public markets and worse, has not gone out to the countryside as it would have soiled his shoes. He has neither seen the expanse of arable lands and nor saw the capability of our farmers to increase farm productivity if only they were or are given adequate support by the government.

It is a sad commentary. We are not short of scholars like Dacanay who could have given our leaders and decision makers if he knew the potentials and, as Pinol enunciated, the realities on the ground.

The HSBC economic expert and our own National Economic Development Authority gurus and the Department of Agriculture officials need not go into the arduous tasks of drawing out plans and strategies on how to improve and increase rice productivity. The late Pres. Ferdinand Edralin Marcos Sr. has left an invaluable legacy – a template of how to unleash the capacity of our farmers to improve and increase rice productivity and for the country to even export rice.

Sadly no one seemed to bother. Our political leaders and government planners over-indulge in politicking, shameless and demonic machinations to stay in power; splurging our meager financial resources for “ayudas” and enriching themselves at the people’s expense. We have become a nation of beggars and filthy-rich politicians.

The Bicameral Committee restored funding for Romualdez’s pet cash aid project AKAP and they celebrated wildly because then again they will have money to woo electorates of their votes. In the meanwhile our farmers are starving. If there is anything Speaker Martin Romualdez will be well-remembered and credited is his success of creating the Philippines into a nation of mendicants.

But wait. Since we have this economic expert at HSBC, maybe he should tell us how far can our nation go with the complex symptoms of bankruptcy. While Congress has approved a gargantuan national budget for 2025 amounting to ₱6.3-trillion, the government surreptitiously unloaded several tons of gold from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, transferred to the national treasury billions of pesos from the funds of the members of GSIS, SSS, PhilHealth and from the Development Bank of the Philippines, Land Bank of the Philippines and Maharlika Funds. Tell us Mr. Dacanay, is the Philippine economy healthy? How far are we from the edge…

https://mindanaojournal.com/of-rice-mendicancy-and-bankruptsy-letters-from-davao-by-jun-ledesma/

16/12/2024

𝑰𝑪𝒀𝑴𝑰 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒂𝒐!

𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗼 𝗖𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗿 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱

Are you ready to soar above and enjoy the splendor landscapes of Kapatagan and the magnificent view of the highest mountain in the Philippines, the Mt. Apo?

The Launch of the first-ever cable car in the Davao region marks an exciting new chapter for both tourism and sustainability. Let’s contribute to the region’s thriving eco-tourism scene.

12/12/2024

𝙄𝘾𝙔𝙈𝙄 𝘿𝙖𝙫𝙖𝙤 Flex !