Davao del Norte,officially the Province of Davao del Norte,is a province in the Philippines located in the Davao Region in Mindanao. Its capital and largest city is Tagum. The province also includes Samal Island to the south in Davao Gulf.
Davao Region,formerly called Southern Mindanao,is an administrative region in the Philippines,designated as Region XI. It is situated at the southeastern portion of Mindanao and comprises five provinces:Davao de Oro,Davao del Norte,Davao del Sur,Davao Oriental and Davao Occidental.
Davao de Oro,officially the Province of Davao de Oro,is a province in the Philippines located in the Davao Region in Mindanao. Its capital is Nabunturan. It used to be part of the province of Davao del Norte until it was made a separate province in 1998.
Panabo,officially the City of Panabo,is a 3rd class component city in the province of Davao del Norte,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 209,230 people.
Tagum,officially the City of Tagum,is a 1st class component city and capital of the Davao del Norte,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 296,202 people making it the most populous component city in Mindanao.
Metro Davao,officially Metropolitan Davao,is a metropolitan area in Mindanao,Philippines. It includes the cities of Davao,Digos,Mati,Panabo,Samal and Tagum and spanned parts of all five provinces of the Davao Region. Metro Davao is one of three metropolitan areas in the Philippines. It is administered by the Metropolitan Davao Development Authority. It is the largest metropolitan region by land area and the second most populous in the Philippines.
Prospero Sybico Amatong was a Filipino politician. Amatong served as the governor of Davao del Norte from 1992 until 1998 and as a Congressman in the House of Representatives of the Philippines from 1998 until 2007. He also served as interim governor of Compostela Valley upon its creation.
The 2015 Palarong Pambansa was the 58th edition of the annual multi-sporting event for Filipino student-athletes. The games were held in Tagum,Davao del Norte from 3 to 9 May 2015. This is the first hosting of the Province of Davao del Norte,60 years after it hosted the Palarong Pambansa as part of the larger Davao province. Tagum hosts most of the venues and billeting centers while the municipalities of Carmen,Sto. Tomas,New Corella,and Kapalong,and the cities of Panabo and Samal Island provided additional billeting centers and venues for the delegates. The events were mostly held within the Davao del Norte Sports and Tourism Complex,including the opening and closing ceremonies.
Kilusang Pagbabago was the informal name of a multi-party umbrella coalition formed by the supporters of the administration of Rodrigo Duterte and the 17th Congress of the Philippines. Headed by PDP–Laban,it has formed coalition agreements with the Nacionalista Party,Lakas–CMD,Nationalist People's Coalition and National Unity Party,as well as the Centrist Democratic Party and an independent congressional block of 24 party-list groups.
Pantaleon Diaz Alvarez is a Filipino lawyer and politician serving as the Representative of Davao del Norte's 1st district since 2016,previously holding the position from 1998 to 2001. He served as the Speaker of the House of Representatives from 2016 to 2018. He also served as the Secretary of Transportation and Communications in the Cabinet of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo from 2001 to 2002.
DXPT-TV,channel 48,is a local television station which serves as an affiliate of the Philippine government-owned People's Television Network and operated by the Provincial Government of Davao del Norte. Its broadcast facilities are situated at the Provincial Capitol Compound,Brgy. Mankilam,Tagum City,Davao del Norte.
The 2019 Philippine House of Representatives elections were the 35th lower house elections in the Philippines. They were held on May 13,2019,to elect members to the House of Representatives.
Antonio Floirendo,Sr. was a Filipino entrepreneur and landowner whose main business was his 6000-hectare banana plantation in Panabo,Davao del Norte,Philippines,earning him the title as the "banana king" during the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos. He was among a group of close associates of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos referred to in media as "Marcos cronies",having benefitted from his close association with Marcos. The Marcos mansion at 2442 Makiki Heights Drive in Honolulu,Hawaii,in which Marcos spent the last years of his life in exile,was registered under the name of Floirendo Sr.
Hugpong ng Pagbabago is a regional political party and former political alliance in the Philippines. Formed in 2018 by Sara Duterte,the party was established in support of President Rodrigo Duterte's administration,and was the administration electoral alliance for the 2019 Philippine general election.
Maria Angelica Rosedell Malbas Amante-Matba,is a Filipino registered nurse and politician currently serving as the governor of Agusan del Norte,a position she previously held from 1995 to 2004 and from 2013 to 2019. She was also a member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines representing Agusan del Norte's 2nd congressional district.
Dennis Denora was a Filipino journalist and publisher best known for his weekly publication Trends and Times. He lived in Davao del Norte,Philippines,where he wrote about the history,events,and issues of the province. On June 7,2018,Denora was murdered by two motorcyclists while stuck in traffic with his driver Mayonito Revira.
The governor of Davao de Oro is the local chief executive of the Philippine province of Davao de Oro.
The 2022 presidential campaign of Panfilo Lacson was announced in a televised launch on September 8,2021,along with his running mate Tito Sotto. Panfilo Lacson is a three-term senator of the Philippines and former chief of the Philippine National Police,while Sotto is a four-term senator currently serving as the senate president of the Philippines since 2018.
Gubernatorial elections were held in the Philippines on May 9,2022. All provinces will elect their provincial governors for three-year terms,who will be inaugurated on June 30,2022 after their proclamation. Governors that are currently serving their third consecutive terms are prohibited from running as governors.
The governor of Davao del Norte,is the chief executive of the provincial government of Davao del Norte.
