Davao City Water Service Interruption on September 15 and 18

Davao City Water District has scheduled four sets of temporary water service interruption on September 15 and 18.

First set of water cut will be on September 15 from 9 am until 5 pm and will affect a portion of the Davao-Bukidnon Road specifically from Mangga St. in Tugbok Proper to Mahayahay road and the areas of Purok 1 to 6 in Brgy. Tacunan, Deca Homes Subd., and Purok 18 in Upper Mintal.This water cut is needed to allow the tapping of the newly installed 4-inch diameter Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) pipeline to the existing 6-inch diameter PVC pipeline for the mainline improvement at Pomelo St. in Tugbok Proper.

The second, third and fourth sets of water cut are all scheduled on September 18.

Second set is from 9 am until 5 pm and will affect Purok 2 in Brgy. Communal in Buhangin and Blue Diamond Village. The Engineering and Construction Department (ECD) crew will tap the newly installed 4-inch diameter PVC pipeline to the existing 4-inch diameter PVC pipeline for the mainline improvement at Purok 2 in Blue Diamond Village Homeowners Association Inc., in Brgy. Communal.

The third set is still from 9 am until 5 pm and will affect some portions in Maa specifically St. Michael Village I and II, New Argao Village, JPMI Subdivision, Datu Loho Village, Gem Village, Don Julian Village and Orange St. in Spring Village. Another ECD crew will tap the newly installed 4-inch diameter PVC pipeline for the mainline extension at San Rafael road to the main entrance of Twin Palm Residences in Ma-a.

The last set is from 10 am until 4 pm and will affect Trinidad Greenhills Subd. in Ma-a. Reasson for the said water interruption is the tapping of newly installed 4-inch diameter PVC pipeline to the existing 4-inch diameter PVC pipeline for the mainline improvement at Albero Compound in Trinidad Greenhills in Bugac Ma-a.

The general public may call the DCWD trunk line at 221-9400 and press "1" on the phone dial to listen to the latest daily updates, or contact its call center through the 24-hour hotline 221-9412 or 0927-798-8966 for updates, complaints, queries and other matters pertaining to DCWD service.

10 Tribes of Davao City - Ata part (8-10)

This is the 8th part of the list of 10 tribes in Davao.

Ata

The Spaniards called the people living in the upland areas Atas, lumping many tribes together. These were the people they did not reach in their initial reduction efforts. Today, the term Ata applies to the relatively dark-skinned tribes found in Paquibato, Panabo, Carmen, Santo Tomas, Kapalong, and neighboring places.

Some of them call themselves Ata Manobo particularly those in the Liboganon river basin, while those in Marilog up to parts of Bukidnon call themselves Matigsalug. Another group in the Kapalong area calls itself Talaingod. These Ata groups are one and the same.

In the past, they are noted to be highly nomadic and tended to live in single family units, with each house very far from the others. Considered the earliest inhabitants, they were pushed into the interior by new arrivals.

Like the other Lumads, the Atas have been marginalized due to settler intrusion into their traditional areas. Most of the Atas abandoned their settlements when the Bisayans settled into their lands and/or bartered the lands for several cans of sardines or packets of tobacco.

This type of "purchase" became the pattern in the transaction between the Lumads and the settlers, ultimately resulting in the dispossession of the Lumads.

Today, the Ata people can be found in Paquibato District and in Callawa, Buhangin District.

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10 Tribes of Davao City - Matigsalug part (6-10)

This is 6th part of the list of 10 tribes in Davao.

Matigsalug

Deputy Mayor Datu Carlito A. Guinto, Sr. and family

The Matigsalugs are found in the eastern section of Marilog, Davao City, and in the towns of Kitaotao, Quezon, and San Fernando in Bukidnon. Matigsalug means people who live along the river, and this river is specifically Davao River which the Matigsalugs simply call Salog. Its source is in San Fernando, Bukidnon.

It is not clear if the Matigsalugs paid tribute to the Kalagan Moros at the mouth of Davao River. But apparently the Kalagan Moros had control of territory up to Tamugan, or possibly beyond.

Despite the apparent subordination of the Matigsalugs by their neighbors, they were feared warriors. In san Fernando, Bukidnon, their chief leader was Datu Gapaw who fought off Moro (Magindanaw) invasions. The Matigsalugs allied with the Obus to effect a peace pact with the Magindanaws held in Kapuling, Kalagangan, San Fernando.

Linguistically, the Matigsalugs are classified under the manobo, although racially, they would be darker than the Manobos.

Lumads residing in Marilog District are of the Matigsalug Tribe.

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