Author: ACE R. MORANDANTE

Instead of using firecrackers, homemade horns called "torotot" is a fast-selling product during Christmas and New Year season in Davao City. The city has Ordinance No. 060-02 which prohibits the manufacture, sale, distribution, possession or use of firecrackers or pyrotechnic devices and similar explosives. The ordinance was signed in 2002. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

The local government unit of Davao City holds Banda Dasig, a street band competition as part of the Pasko Fiesta Davao activity at the San Pedro Square. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

Supporters and constituents visit the wake of Councilor Leo Avila at the Sangguniang Panglungsod Session Hall. The wake will last until Wednesday.(Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

Former Davao City mayor Sara Duterte shares a lunch with Camarines Sur Rep. Leni Robredo in a restaurant in Davao City, Tuesday. Robredo, the vice presidential bet of Liberal Party, says she and Sara, who substitutes for her father as mayoral candidate, are friends as the latter serves as Davao City Mayor while her husband, Jesse Robredo was Department of Interior and Local Government secretary. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

A vender awaits buyers of his sun glasses inside the Dahican resort on Monday morning. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)