Bukidnon teachers survive slay attempt
October 16, 2019 9:51 pm
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VACCINATED
Hundreds of children aged five years old and below are given free polio vaccine at the Brgy 5-A gym, Bangkerohan, Davao City on Monday (Oct 14) as the Department of Health (DOH) kicks off the first round of its massive synchronized polio vaccination campaign following the polio outbreak in the Philippines. (Ken E. Cagula/davaotoday.com)
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LUMADS RIP CLOSURE ORDER
Chieftains of Salugpongan Ta Tanu Igkanogon, together with Salugpongan school teachers and students, rip copies of the Notice of Resolution of the Department of Education to show their rejection on the permanent closure of Salugpongan schools during a protest action in Davao City. (Ken E. Cagula/davaotoday.com)
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BANKERO
As the dawn breaks, a boat carrying visitors and tourists is set to drift as it is being pushed manually by a crew towards the deeper portion of the Surigao Sea and for an early morning visit to Britania Islands in San Agustin, Surigao del Sur. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)
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WE ARE RISING
Davao City activists decry the continuous killings of Indigenous people in Mindanao at a protest action Saturday. The killings intensified after President Rodrigo Duterte placed Mindanao under Martial Law in 2017 and extended it until the end of 2019. (Ken E. Cagula/davaotoday.com)
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DAY OF REMEMBRANCE
Students and members of the faculty union of the University of the Philippines (UP) Mindanao stage a protest at the Atrium Steps as part of the system-wide “Day of Remembrance” to commemorate the University’s ‘participation and sacrifice’ for the struggle against Martial Law under the regime of former president Ferdinand E. Marcos that was declared on September 21, 1972. (Ken E. Cagula/davaotoday.com)
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EARLY MEAL
A boat operator and his crew enjoy their early breakfast by the bay with the dazzling sunrise while waiting for tourist passengers to take a boat ride to explore the islands of Britania in San Agustin, Surigao del Sur. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)
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