In trying to address the issues with the region's rapid urbanization and growth, Davao City representative Paolo Duterte sought to enhance the Metropolitan Davao Development Authority.
The Department of Social Welfare and Development in the Davao Region gave family relief packs and other essentials to the residents residing in the flood-affected towns in Davao Occidental and Davao del Sur.
The Department of Agriculture selected a photographer who highlighted the farmers' hard work of putting food on every Filipino table as the contest's overall winner in Davaos' #BUYani photo contest.
The Department of Science and Technology in the Caraga region will provide a newly-completed Automatic Weathering Station to Agusan Del Sur to help farmers manage their agricultural lands.
The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples in Surigao del Sur confirmed that an agreement was made for opening of a coconut plantation to a Manobo ancestral domain in the province.
Members of the Army’s 10th Infantry Division donated a part of their allowance to raise funds for relief operations for victims of Typhoon Paeng in Maguindanao.