Newly-appointed Davao City Police Chief Vicente D. Danao addressed police officers during his installation rites on Friday, promising to continue the achievements made by his predecessor Police Chief Roland dela Rosa. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)
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Mobile police cars and 35 motorcycles donated by the city government received blessings from a priest during the turnover ceremonies of the new Davao City Police Chief on Friday. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandate)
Mayor Rodrigo Duterte visits survivors of the Barangay 12-B fire near V. Mapa Street to deliver 10,000 pesos in cash and relief packs to the survivors. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandate)
Firefighters responded to a fire along Barangay 12-B on V. Mapa Street that razed around 60 houses Thursday morning. Residents said the fire started on a flat iron left alone in the house of Barangay Captain Nilda Tumabang. No casualties were reported, but the fire forced the nearby JP Laurel Elementary School to suspend its classes. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandate)
Emmanuel Gargar (left), father of detained scientist Professor Kim Gargar, types his name on a website created by Kim’s colleagues and rights advocates calling for his release. Kim Gargar was conducting post-Typhoon Pablo studies in Cateel, Davao Oriental when he was detained and charged by the military that he is a New People’s Army member. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandate)
Waving flags and donning costumes from different nations, pupils paraded for the United Nations Day celebration along SM Annex in Ecoland. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandate)
A street kid falls asleep while waiting for pennies to drop on his cup. Poverty has increased in Davao City in the past year. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)
Farmer activists staged a picket along San Pedro Street to commemorate October as peasant month, as they slammed military operations under the Armed Forces’ Oplan Bayanihan has displaced and violated their rights. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)
These kids beat the heat by swimming and frolicking along the coast in Barangay Isla Verde. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)
A laborer mashes concrete blocks in a construction of a new high-rise condo unit along C.M. Recto (Claveria) Street. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)