Sr. Stella Matutina, a Filipina Benedictine nun from Mindanao who was the recipient of 2015 Human Rights Award by the Weimar City, Germany, appears before a public hearing conducted by the House committee on human rights in Davao City on Tuesday.
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The village chief of Aliguay Island in Dapitan City is confirmed dead by an official of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Wednesday.
Deputy Regional Director for Operation (DRDO) Sr. Supt. Aaron Aquino confirms the suspects of the rape against a minor from Barangay Palma Gil, Talaingod, Davao del Norte are identified as alias “Galot”, 40 years old and alias “Daniel” 20 years. Aquino, however, said he does not know whether they are Army members as claimed by progressive groups. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
The City Information Office has set a new system for members of the press, hobbyists and bloggers who want to cover the Kadayawan Festival here next week.
First district councilor Mabel Sunga-Acosta poses with the five topnotchers of the Social Work board examination during their visit to the Sangguniang Panglungsod regular session Tuesday. 1,817 passed out of 2,654 examinees. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Kadayawan Executive Committee spokesperson Councilor Al Ryan Alejandre and Joseph Lawrence Garcia, assistant information officer of the City Information Office, present the latest identification cards for hobbyist photographers and bloggers, which are numbered to correspond to three designated areas.(Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
After an international probe mission, Filipino-American youth, along with youth activists from various regions in Mindanao, play Filipino sports at the Magsaysay Park in Davao City. The ISM is a week-long event where international delegates visit tribal communities in Mindanao and take up issues of environmental plunder and militarization in the countryside. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Larry Miculob, Durian Council president, promotes the Durian Festival to the public this August 14 at a shopping mall in Lanang. Miculob said hundreds of Durian growers in Davao will participate in the activity. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Davao City Councilor Bernard Al-ag announces that there will be a Mountain Bike Competition on October 4 as part of the annual barangay fiesta in Toril District. The activity is hosted by the Saint Peters’College of Toril Alumni Association high school batch 1992 in which Al-ag is a member.
A woman watches strong waves due to bad weather at the breakwaters along Magsaysay Park on Friday morning.(Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
