Davao City's P8.8 B budget Ok'd
December 15, 2018 5:22 pm
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KILLINGS CONTINUE
A portrait of injustice displayed by progressive organizations in Davao City as they commemorate on Monday, December 10, 2018, the International Human Rights Day. The group led by Karapatan-SMR said a high number of human rights violations have been committed by state forces in the region in pursuit of their intensified operations against the communist groups. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)
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ON STANDBY
Police and Task Force Davao personnel are deployed around the Freedom park during Bonifacio Day protest on Friday, November 30, 2018. Authorities became more strict with rallies that could affect traffic, after an ordinance prohibiting rallies on streets was recently passed by the City Council. (Ken E. Cagula/davaotoday.com)
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JOURNO SAYS NO
Members of the media attending the Freedom for Media Freedom for All Forum in Davao participated in the symbolic signing of the manifesto of the National Union of the Journalist of the Philippines’ campaign against journalists as witness on the drug war operations called as the SIGN against the SIGN.(Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)
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UNDAS
While thousands observed the annual Catholic tradition of Undas at the public cemetery here in Davao City’s Wireless Public Cemetery, young tomb painters make a living by accepting painting jobs for a minimal fee and vendors sell assorted food items, candles and flowers to individuals visiting the cemetery.(Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)
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LEARNING ISLAM
A woman evacuee read aloud the Arabic prayer written in the wall of an unrecognized evacuation center inside a Madrasah school in Toril, Ubaldo Laya in Iligan City. The walls of the evacuation center are used for teaching children evacuees learn Arabic prayers.(Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)
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RELIC
Thousands flocked at San Pedro Cathedral to see the Incorrupt Heart of St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina. The heart relic arrived in Davao City on October 15 and will stay until October 17.(Ken E. Cagula/davaotoday.com)
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