At least seven families were left homeless after five houses burned allegedly because of an overheated washing machine in Pag-asa Village, Matina, Aplaya here Wednesday afternoon, August 10. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
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A fireman uses his flashlight to inspect a burned house in Pag-asa Village, Matina Aplaya, Davao City on Wednesday afternoon, August 10, 2016. Five houses were razed in the fire. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
The Army here criticized the New People’s Army over the mutilation of soldiers who died in gun battle last week in Monkayo, Compostela Valley Province.
Twenty Mahindra Scorpio sports utility vehicles are turned over to the Police Region 11 during the 115th Police service anniversary celebration on Tuesday morning, August 9, 2016 in Camp Quintin Mericido, Buhangin, Davao City. Police Regional Office 11 Director, Chief Supt. Manuel Gaerlan said that the vehicles will be used for administrative transport purposes, not as patrol cars. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
During the 115th Police Service Anniversary celebration held in Camp Quintin Mericido, Buhangin, Davao City, Tuesday morning, August 9, Police Director General Ronald “Bato” M. Dela Rosa says that he felt proud of hailing from Davao City where police officers have high standards compared what he has witnessed in other places. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Philippine National Police Director General Ronald “Bato” M. Dela Rosa says he is not afraid of the death threats he is receiving. Dela Rosa graced the 115th Police Service Anniversary celebration held on Tuesday morning, August 9, 2016 in Camp Quintin Mericido, Buhangin, Davao City. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
An ukay-ukay stall owner drops his name in a raffle drum inside the Davao City Recreation Center on Monday, August 8. Out of the estimate 600 stall owners of ukay-ukay, 0nly 137 names of venders were selected by drawing lots. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Rene Delayon of the Federation of Cooperatives in Mindanao announces the organization of the Banana Congress 2016 which will gather the different sectors of the Banana industry to “address every challenge that affects this major dollar-earning industry.” The congress will be held on October 6-7, 2016. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Engr. Alexis F. Balicod of the Mindanao Association of Mining Engineers (MAEM) Inc. says that they should have been invited at the Mindanao environment summit recently held at the Ateneo de Davao University on Friday, August 5, so that they could show that “the big scale miners are the responsible miners.”
National Development Corporation (NADECOR) Community Development Manager Jojo Bañez laments how the big scale mining companies have become the “whipping boy” of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, while the “irresponsible” small scale miners have largely been left to their own devices. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
