A hard day’s work for Mac Unday

Mac Unday,13, pounds on a steel bar, protruding out of a cement post he finds in an abandoned lot on E. Jacinto Extension. If he succeeds in taking it out, the steel bar will sell at P11 per kilo in a junk shop. Mac has seven siblings. His mother, a laundrywoman, and his father, a housepainter, hardly earn anything in a day. (davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan)


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An alternative library for Davao book lovers

For those who want to read but who are running out of good books, an alternative reading center has just opened in at the heart of Davao City.

One will find plenty of books and magazines at the Do?a Luisa Villa Abrille Memorial Library. (davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan)

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Bombing in Baganga distressed children, violated their rights: group

?There are clear manifestations of uneasiness and tension in the children while they were sharing their experiences, particularly during the bombing.? This summed up the report of John Birondo, advocacy…

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