Our travel resolution this 2014: See familiar places in a new light. For Drew Arellano’s first budget adventure this year, Drew and the “Biyahe ni Drew” team went to Samal Island. Also known as the ...

I OFTEN wondered how a group of nine islands and islets in the middle of Davao Gulf got its name as the Island Garden City of Samal. I thought it was named after the fruit garden or the flower garden ...

TAGUM CITY, Davao del Norte, Philippines – The Island Garden City of Samal (Igacos) in Davao del Norte has joined other local governments in Southern Mindanao in banning public smoking to make ...

DAVAO CITY—Officials of the Island Garden City of Samal (IGACOS) in Davao del Norte have declared a state of calamity to enable the use of emergency funds for the purchase of alternative power ...

Its official name, the Island Garden City of Samal, tells you all you need to know about this bucolic township off the coast of the southern Philippines. It’s an established tourist destination just ...

DAVAO CITY, Philippines – The Island Garden City of Samal in Davao del Norte is being eyed as an alternative location for the expansion of the Davao International Airport. Samal is five minutes ...

DAVAO CITY—For 45-year-old businessman Andrew Remolona it would take around two hours of travel from his home in Mintal, Davao City to their convenience store in Babak, Island Garden City of Samal.

THE P23.5-billion China-funded bridge project that would connect Samal Island and Davao City is making significant progress ...

ISLAND GARDEN CITY OF SAMAL, Davao del Norte (PIA)- – The island city of Samal has embarked on an experiment through the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Accelerator Lab, to address marine ...