Author Archives: ACE R. MORANDANTE

11 years ago

DANAO SORRY

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DANAO SORRY

Davao City Police Chief Superintendent Vicente Danao apologizes to media groups who criticized him for berating three news reporters who were covering the police’s murder probe. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

11 years ago

LRT STUDY FOR DAVAO

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LRT STUDY FOR DAVAO

Davao City Mayor Rody Duterte signs a deal with the Korean Engineering and Construction for a US$ 1-million study on building a light railway system in Davao City by 2015. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

11 years ago

WITH THE GENERALS

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WITH THE GENERALS

Mayor Rodrigo Duterte in a light moment with Armed Forces Chief of Staff Gen. Emmanuel Bautista (second, right) and 10th Infantry Commander General Ariel Bernardo (right) during a peace ceremony in Paquibato District on June 12. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

11 years ago

BAD IN THIRTEEN YEARS.

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BAD IN THIRTEEN YEARS.

Activists staged a picket at Davao City’s Department of Energy regional office along Magsaysay Avenue in protest of the 13th year Electric Power Industry Reform Act that has hiked power rates and privatized production of power in Mindanao. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

11 years ago

WORK SAFETY PRESSED

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WORK SAFETY PRESSED

Joel Maglunsod (right) of the labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno joins workers of Superstar Coconut Products in demanding the Department of Labor to enforce occupational safety standards following the factory accident that killed one worker. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

11 years ago

TUITION INCREASE SLAMMED

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TUITION INCREASE SLAMMED

Youth activists staged on Friday a picket at University of Mindanao, Davao City’s biggest tertiary school, for hiking tuition by ten percent at an amount of 435 pesos per unit. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

11 years ago

SELLING THE FLAG

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SELLING THE FLAG

A young vendor displays flaglets for sale along Palma Gil (Ponciano) Street in lieu of the coming 116th Independence Day on June 12. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

11 years ago

SLAUGHTERHOUSE REOPENS

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SLAUGHTERHOUSE REOPENS

The Maa Slaughterhouse reopens June 3, as part of the private-public partnership endeavor of the city. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

11 years ago

LESSON LEARNED

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LESSON LEARNED

Matthew Cua (right), owner of Sky Eye Incorporated, says his team’s detention by the New People’s Army in Compostela Valley for operating drone surveillance serves as a lesson to coordinate with local government units and security forces. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

11 years ago

DISPOSING COCAINE

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DISPOSING COCAINE

Members of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Region 11 inspect the 41 seized packets of cocaine before burning them at the Holcim Cement Plant in Davao City. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)