Jonald Lakri, 32, a contract grass cutter from Malita, Davao del Sur, hopes to land on a regular job in the incoming administration of president-elect Rodrigo Duterte. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
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Numerous international, national and local media cramp inside a function room at the Matina Enclaves in Davao City during the first press conference of presumptive President Rodrigo Duterte a week after the elections.(Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Presumptive president Rodrigo Duterte offers four C
abinet seats to the Communist Party of the Philippines:
Department of Agrarian Reform, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Department of Social Welfare and Development, and the Department of Labor and Employment. Duterte holds his first press conference in Davao City on Monday after one week of rest. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Various organizations commemorate the International AIDS Candlelight Memorial for those who die of the disease and those who are now carrying it. The memorial activity is held at the People’s Park in Davao City on Friday afternoon. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Members of ForwaRD Women present the women’s agenda that will be carried by the transition team of the incoming administration at a press conference held in Marco Polo Hotel in Davao City’s on Friday, May 12.
Three days after the national and local elections, supporters of a candidate tear down campaign posters along Quimpo Boulevard, Davao City.(Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Team Duterte spokesperson Peter Laviña says that they have four criteria to consider in selecting the members of the President-elect Rodrigo Duterte’s cabinet members: shared vision, integrity, ability and personal sacrifice. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Atty. Manases Carpio, husband of Davao City mayor-elect Inday Sara Duterte-Carpio, receives the certificate of the canvass of votes on Wednesday at the Sangguniang Panglungsod on her behalf. Duterte-Carpio got 576,677 votes in the May 9 elections. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Atty. Marlon Casquejo (center), assistant regional director of the Commission on Elections in Davao, leads the proclamation of the eight candidates of the first district on Tuesday, May 10. Reelectionist Councilor Mabel Acosta (second from right) got the most number of votes with 154,648. She is followed by Jesus Melchor Quitain Jr. who got 146,784 votes. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Karlo Alexei B. Nograles is proclaimed as the congressman of the first district on Tuesday afternoon, May 10, at the Sanguniang Panlungsod. He previously held the same position. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
