STA. CRUZ, DAVAO DEL SUR – After 37 days of intensive care, “Mabikker” – a Pinsker’s Hawk Eagle was released back to the wild forest of the protected area of the Mt. Apo Natural Park on October 14, 2015. A three-year old Mabikker was found entangled in tree-roots within the area of SIbulan Hydro Plant
Volunteer mountaineers from Sta. Cruz has participated the SMART LAWIN Foot Patrolling in Barangay Tibolo on September 2-4, 2015 along with community members and personnel from B+WISER USAID. B+WISER has introduced the HCVAs and SMART LAWIN as a tool for biodiversity and threats monitoring. This new system is called Landscape and Wildlife Indicators or LAWIN.
A total of one hundred ten fishing boats have been received by selected marginal fisher folks of Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur on August 24, 2015 as part of the assistance provided by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources XI. This is part of BFAR’s effort to continuously give support to resident fishers in
In the recently-concluded 1st Regional Water Safety and Rescue Competition held in Tagum City on July 25-26, 2015, contingents from Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur reap four major awards. Mostly composed of rescue personnel and volunteers of the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, Team Sta. Cruz was declared first runner up overall behind
Sta. Cruz mayor Atty. Joel Ray Lopez approved Sangguniang Bayan Resolution No. 189-15 adopting the Common Trekking Policy among all Local Governments in Mt. Apo Natural Park (MANP) as earlier imposed by the Protected Area Management Board (PAMB). In the new policy, all entry points to Mt. Apo with existing open trails will adopt a
The Municipality of Sta. Cruz has been cited anew as champion of the Best Booth competition of the Provincial-wide Agri-Trade Fair and Exhibit. Governor Claude P. Bautista handed the trophy and cash prize worth 100,000 pesos to Mayor Joel Ray Lopez during the culmination programme of the 48th Araw ng Sta. Cruz on July 1
The Sibulan Porters Association (SPA) has received new set of mountaineering gears and equipment on June 10, 2015 as part of the continuing effort to provide Mt. Apo porters with appropriate gears in climbing the country’s highest peak. The assistance was provided by USAID-BWISER (Biodiversity and Watershed Improved for Stronger Economy and Ecosystems Resilience). The
The Municipality of Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur celebrates the 117th anniversary of Philippine Independence today. The celebration was widely participated by all sector of the municipality including the national government agencies, barangay functionaries, non-government organizations and the private sector. First part of the celebration was a motorcade along the major roads of Poblacion Zone
The Business Council of Sta. Cruz, Inc., a suly organized group composed of private business locators in the municipality, has conducted a 1-day Goodwill Basketball Tournament on May 30, 2015 at the covered court of Roagationist Academy, Inawayan, Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur. Four teams have participated the tournament namely: Aboitiz Power, SODACO Team A,
THE dynamic duo of veteran adventure racer Dexter Nonato and triathlete Juanito Mahinay of Team Tri-Buddies Tagum clocked 12 hours, 56 minutes and 48 seconds to rule this year’s Mt. Apo Boulder Challenge held in Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur. Nonato, who only placed third last year, started slow before finally taking control of the