UNCLOG. Workers from the Department of Public Works and Highways unclog a canal from junked electrical wirings in Davao City’s Sasa street. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

SCRAPHEAP. Electrical wirings from automotive shops in Davao City’s Sasa village are thrown in a canal resulting to clogged waterways. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

DRIZZLING, FLOODING. A light rain on a Monday afternoon causes Davao City’s Matina street to flood this heavy. The flood has stranded several passengers. (davaotoday.com photo by Kenette Jean I. Millondaga)

SEEKING HELP. Melben, a homeless man in Davao City carries a cardboard with a message of help for his epilepsy. He wanders the streets of Claveria and Bonifacio for this cause. (davaotoday.com photo by Paul Anthony N. Crooks)

BATTLE OF WORDS. Sheena Duazo, Bayan-Southern Mindanao spokesperson, engages the Davao City police riot team who tried to disperse them in a Monday picket versus President Noynoy Aquino. The president was here for the Mindanao Rural Development Program awards in a posh hotel. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

DEMANDS. Activists make their demands known through paper or cardboard despite attempts of the Davao City police riot team to keep them from the public and the President’s view. Aquino was here Monday gracing an affair in a posh hotel. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

DEMANDS. Activists make their demands known through paper or cardboard despite attempts of the Davao City police riot team to keep them from the public and the President’s view. Aquino was here Monday gracing an affair in a posh hotel. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

HURT. An activist suffers minor cut and bruises after the Davao City riot police team tried to disperse protesters in a picket, Monday, opposite the hotel where President Noynoy Aquino graced an affair. Activists demanded the President to take concrete actions on pressing issues. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

NIGHT OF MOURNING. Davao activists picket in front of the Novo Jeans store in Uyanguren Street for the fire that claimed 18 lives in Butuan City. Kilusang Mayo Uno condemned the company for violating workers’ rights particularly the right to a safe and healthful workplace. (davaotoday.com photoby Ace R. Morandante)

NIGHT OF MOURNING. Davao activists picket in front of the Novo Jeans store in Uyanguren Street for the fire that claimed 18 lives in Butuan City. Kilusang Mayo Uno condemned the company for violating workers’ rights particularly the right to a safe and healthful workplace. (davaotoday.com photoby Ace R. Morandante)

AND THEY PATRONIZE IT, TOO. A foreign couple chooses used bags along Davao City’s Ilustre street. Ukay-ukays are not only patronized by locals but foreign tourists as well for its quality and cheap price. (davaotoday.com photoby Ace R. Morandante)

WEIGHT LIFTING. A kargador (porter) in Davao City’s Bankerohan market carries a heavy sack of vegetables on his back. A man can carry two to three times his own body weight or almost 450 Kilograms. (davaotoday.com photoby Ace R. Morandante)