City Government of Davao

Pre-colonial Davao bore witness to the thriving trading industry of its ethnolinguistic groups along coastal areas, major rivers, and traditional upland-lowland trade settlement along the Davao Gulf. This year’s Kadayawan Festival 2026 brings back the Subang Sinugdanan, a reenactment of traditional barter traditions of the city’s 11 ethnolinguistic groups, symbolizing their p...

The Davao City Special Needs Intervention Center for Children (DCSNICC), in partnership with the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), launched a week-long skills training program from July 20 to 24, 2026, empowering parents and guardians of children with special needs to gain practical livelihood skills. A total of 50 participants joined the Pinay […]...

The beat of Kadayawan is rising higher than ever as the City Government of Davao unveils the festival’s biggest prize for this year’s Grand Champion of Indak-Indak sa Kadayawan receiving Php 1.5 million, while the Pamulak sa Kadayawan Grand Winner will take home Php 1 million. Willenito P. Tormis Jr., Head of the City Tourism […]

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The Davao City Public Safety and Security Office (PSSO) will deploy more than 19,000 security personnel to ensure the peace and secure conduct of activities throughout the Kadayawan Festival 2026, which will run from August 7 until August 31, 2026. Ret. PLtCoL Angel B. Sumagaysay, Head of the PSSO said that the integrated safety and […]

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Over the years, Davao City has been a melting pot of diverse cultures, from its first inhabitants to the settlers who built their homes in its lands. Amid differences, Dabawenyos shared a unity that celebrates diversity, preserves traditions, and ensures collective growth in the community. Kadayawan Festival 2026 celebrates this unity among the city’s 11 […]

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