Author: ACE R. MORANDANTE

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)

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)

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

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)

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)