P11.3-M calamity aid to provinces approved by Davao City Council
January 21, 2020 9:23 pm
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SINULOG
A performer holds up a small statue of the Sto. Niño during a Sinulog dance competition held at the Piaping Itum neighborhood in Barangay Macabalan, Cagayan de Oro, late Sunday (Jan. 19). Macabalan is one of the barangays in the city where the Sinulog Festival, which has its origin in Cebu, is being celebrated. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)
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TRASLACION
Thousands of people join the traslacion of the statue of the Black Nazarene during the religious figure’s feast day in Cagayan de Oro on Thursday (Jan. 9). (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)
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OFF TO SAIL
Local fishermen of Bantayan Island get ready to sail for an overnight catch of different kinds of seafood. They supply nearby resorts and restaurants, as well as local markets, with seafood. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)
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SENDONG MEMORIAL
Norma Acuña (right), 72, lights a candle as she offers a prayer for those who perished in the flood brought by Typhoon Sendong eight years ago on Dec. 16, 2011 at the Sendong Memorial Wall in Gaston Park, Cagayan de Oro, Monday (Dec. 16). Acuña is a Sendong survivor. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)
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PEOPLE’S SONA VS ERAP
These students in a rally on the State of the Nation Address of former President Joseph ‘Erap’ Estrada held newspapers with altered headlines bearing their calls for truth and justice to be revealed in the president’s SONA. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
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NOT MUTED
Media organizations, campus journalists, academe, human rights advocates, and other sectoral groups in Davao City unite on becoming a collective voice to defend and uphold press freedom and right to freedom of expression following the successful press freedom forum at the Ateneo de Davao University (ADDU) on Wednesday, Dec. 11. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
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