Women workers of Packing Plant 92 owned by banana-company Sumifru Corporation in Compostela protest outside the Sumifru office along JP Laurel Avenue on Friday. The workers denounce the company for shifting to piece rate scheme from hourly rate which, they said, cut their wage by “more than half”. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Members of Task Force Davao salute the veterans during the city government’s commemoration of Araw ng Kagitingan (Day of Valor) on Thursday held at the Veterans Memorial Circle. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
World War 2 veteran Florentino B. Babila, 90 years old, is escorted by his great grandson, Ron Babila Salban at the Veteran’s Memorial Circle in Freedom Park during the Araw ng Kagitingan celebration. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Lieutenant Commander Dann August A. Cariño, head of the Coast Guard Station Davao, reports the success of their Oplan Kwaresma. He said there was no reported case of drowning or boat casualties amid the recorded 78,000 people visiting the Island Garden City of Samal (Igacos) during the Holy Week.(Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Police Senior Inspector Milgrace Driz, spokesperson of the Davao City Police Office, says that crime volume on the first quarter of 2015 is down to 3,846 compared to the first quarter of 2014 with 4,043. She said most of the cases are related to illegal drugs trade. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Newly-elected Indigenous Peoples Mandatory Representative (IPMR) Bai Halila Sudagar said she was “shocked” at the challenge hurled by Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s that she must visit the IPs in the hinterlands.
Businessmen in Davao City flock to the Business Bureau office at the Sangguniang Panlungsod on Tuesday to pay their taxes for the second quarter. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
One of the eight children of Teresita and Reynaldo Martir, cries in grief after her parents were killed by an identified member of the Citizens Armed Forces Geographical Unit (Cafgu), Panggong Masaluon, on Black Saturday in Sitio Patel, Brgy Gupitan, Kapalong, Davao del Norte. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Children portray the role as angels in a reenactement of the resurrection of Jesus Christ at the Redemptorist church along Bajada on Easter Sunday. The local tradition, Pasugat, is a way of Catholic’s celebration of Christ’s resurrection. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
F/Supt.Sydney C. Besana, Bureau of Fire Protection XI assistant regional director for operation, says they recorded about 117 fire incidents in the whole region on March and the cost of damage amounted to P20,169,700. Davao City has the most number of cases of fire incidents last March with 55 cases.(Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
