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3 hotel workers found dead in Davao City sewage facility; cause under probe

By balita.fyi Newsdesk ยท Editor: Bart Sakwerda ยท ยท AI-written from the reports listed below

Three members of a Davao City hotel's engineering team, an engineer and two maintenance crew, were found dead in its sewage treatment facility early on October 5, GMA News and Mindanao Times reported. Fire officials said they detected carbon monoxide at the lifting station before retrieving the bodies. Police told Mindanao Times they await autopsy results and asked the public not to speculate. Dusit Thani said it is cooperating with authorities.

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Ridon denies conflict of interest over past Davao City consultancy

Bicol Saro Party-List Rep. Terry Ridon said Tuesday he has no conflict of interest as a House prosecutor in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, despite once working as a consultant for the Davao City Government, GMA News reported. Ridon said the work was policy consultancy on poverty alleviation and was never subject to an audit disallowance. Duterte had said he received money without contributing, GMA News reported.

PoliticsDavao City, Davao del Sur2 reports

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DA, DPWH to build P872-million farm-to-market roads in Davao Region

The Department of Agriculture and the Department of Public Works and Highways have entered an agreement on farm-to-market road projects in Davao Region, the Philippine Information Agency reported. SunStar said the two agencies' Davao offices will build P872 million worth of the roads. In a separate agreement, the departments signed for P9.06 billion in farm-to-market road projects covering five Luzon regions, according to GMA News.

RegionsDavao City, Davao del Sur3 reports

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Sara Duterte says mother wants her back in Davao, Baste in national politics

Vice President Sara Duterte said on Tuesday that her mother, Elizabeth Zimmerman, has asked her to return to local politics in Davao and suggested that her brother, Davao City Mayor Sebastian "Baste" Duterte, run for a national position in the 2028 elections, GMA News reported. According to The Manila Times, she said she and her brother have not discussed him running for president. Inquirer also reported the remarks from her Davao City briefing.

PoliticsDavao City, Davao del Sur3 reports

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Davao's Marc Lim proud of Asian Games run despite missing jiu-jitsu bronze

Davao City jiu-jitsu athlete Marc Alexander Lim said he is proud of his showing at the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, where he placed fifth in the men's under-69-kilogram division, SunStar reported. He lost the bronze-medal bout to South Korea's Seonghyeon Joo, who advanced on advantages after a 2-2 result. Lim wrote in a Facebook post on Monday, October 5, that he was "super proud of my performance."

SportsDavao City, Davao del Sur1 report