Police officers and government rescuers assist villagers in Cagayan de Oro City as they find safer grounds as severe tropical storm Vinta (Tembin) arrives here on Friday, December 22, 2017
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The local government declared the city “code red” on Thursday, December 21, prompting residents to leave their homes and seek evacuation shelters in their respective villages
Government bodies in Northern Mindanao said preparations are now being done to mitigate possible damages brought by tropical storm Vinta
Local health authorities in Northern Mindanao were grateful the region was excluded in the anti-dengue vaccination program of the government following the warning from its manufacturer that it can have potential effects to those who were inoculated.
Opposition to the proposed extension of martial law in Mindanao continues to persist as both houses of Congress voted in favor of stretching it for another year
Performance artist Nicolas Aca walks around Cagayan de Oro City’s Divisoria area on December 10, 2017. Drenched in red, Aca depicts the killings and human rights abuses under the Duterte administration. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/ davaotoday.com)
During the protest action held at Magsaysay Park in Cagayan de Oro City, protesters burned an effigy of President Rodrigo Duterte and US President Donald Trump who were depicted as riding a battle tank.
A drinking session led to a death of a Philippine Air Force (PAF) personnel who was shot by his fellow serviceman in Barangay Lumbia here late Friday night, authorities said Saturday.
The coffin of the late University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines (USTP) President, Ricardo Rotoras, is escorted by soldiers to a private cemetery to be interred on Friday, Dec. 8. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)
A student walks past a billboard outside the University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines (USTP) gymnasium where former university president Ricardo Rotoras was brought for public viewing. Rotoras’ interment is set on Friday, December 8. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/ davaotoday.com)
