Author: ACE R. MORANDANTE

Samie Lim, Philippine Franchise Association Emiritus believes that the 10 percent growth before the election will increase up to 15 percent as Mayor Rodrigo Duterte won the ?Presidential race. The PFA organize?d? Franchising Negosyo Para sa Davao starting Friday, May 20 until May 22 at the ?Abreeza ?Mall. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

Ramil Miguel of the Association of Community Educators in Mindanao urg?es? presumptive ?President Rodrigo Duterte to ?develop a ?comprehensive strategic framework on Lumad and peasant education. He made the appeal at a press conference at the UCCP Haran compound where displaced Lumads from Davao del Norte take refuge due to the militarization in their community.(Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

Major General Rafael C. Valencia, commander of the ?10th Infantry Division hands over the Task Force Davao flag to Col. Henry A. Robinson, Jr, its new commander. Robinson replaces Col. George Joel N. Lalaquil who served the unit for only 33 days. The turn over ceremony was held at the TFD headquarters.(Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

Second district councilor, Jimmy Dureza, reacts as he takes his first shot of Pneumococcal vaccine injection from Department of Health Secretary Janette P. Loreto-Garin during the launching of the expanded senior citizen immunization program at the SMX Lanang, Wednesday morning. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

The Partido Demokratiko Pilipino Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) and the Nacionalista Party sign an agreement to support the programs of the incoming administration. From left, former Senator Manuel Villar, president of the NP and Senator Aquilino Pimentel, president of the PDP Laban. The agreement was signed Monday afternoon at the Matina Enclaves in Davao City. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)