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.