Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte tells media that in the wake of the deadly Maguindanao encounter, the government should not declare an all-out war in Mindanao. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
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Police Regional Office XI Chief Inspector Antonio Rivera declares the region is still placed on Red Alert following the recent clash between government troops and Moro fighters in Mamasapano, Maguindanao, and bombings in Zamboanga and North Cotabato provinces. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
10th Infantry Division Major General Eduardo Año and Eastern Mindanao Command chief Lt. General Aurelio Baladad said they received joint letter directive to improve coordination measures in time for combat operations. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte says the city council plans to amend the current ordinance in selecting the Indigenous People’s representative to give appointive power to the mayor.
Davaoeños and supporters of MJ Lastimosa watched at a hotel here with excitement and later with disappointment as the Ms. Universe Pinay candidate failed to win the prestigious tilt. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
A man gathers dried corn grains and prepares to put it in the manual grinding machine in Brgy Casoon, Monkayo, Compostela Valley Province. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
A boy and his mother make a living by selling signboard holders and towels to jeepney drivers plying along Ponciano Reyes Street. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
A mother of a grade 1 pupil makes it in time before the cut-off on the afternoon of the first day for early registration in Kapitan Tomas Monteverde Senior Elementary School Saturday. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Human garbage litter the shores at the side of Sta. Ana Pier. Every Sunday people stroll along these shores. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
A father and son go swimming beside Santa Ana pier, unmindful of the searing noon time sun. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
