Author: KATH M. CORTEZ

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ONE WITH PALESTINE. A Davao Muslim college student paints the Palestine flag on a fellow student in a solidarity gathering of Muslim and non-Muslim students in Freedom Park on Sunday to call for a ceasefire and justice in Israel's bombing in Gaza. (Kath Cortez/davaotoday.com)

ONE WITH PALESTINE

A Davao Muslim college student paints the Palestine flag on a fellow student in a solidarity gathering of Muslim and non-Muslim students in Freedom Park on Sunday to call for a ceasefire and justice in Israel's bombing in Gaza. (Kath Cortez/davaotoday.com)

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Read more about the article AFTER THE FLOOD
AFTER THE FLOOD. A resident from Purok 6 in Barangay Bago Gallera, gathers her kitchenware as she waits for water ration, one of the few things she saved from the raging flood that engulfed their barangay on the late night of November 8, 2023. (Kath Cortez/davaotoday.com)

AFTER THE FLOOD

A resident from Purok 6 in Barangay Bago Gallera, gathers her kitchenware as she waits for water ration, one of the few things she saved from the raging flood that engulfed their barangay on the late night of November 8, 2023. (Kath Cortez/davaotoday.com)

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Read more about the article An Obo-Manuvu tribe leads protection of Davao’s watershed
Nilda Landim, 51, one of the five female Bantay Bukid volunteers in Barangay Carmen, Baguio District during a site investigation at Sitio Kalatung, Barangay Tawan-Tawan. (Kath Cortez/davaotoday.com)

An Obo-Manuvu tribe leads protection of Davao’s watershed

Protecting the environment has been a risky endeavor in the nation, but a joint program by environment groups has fielded about 300 local indigenous peoples and farmers in Davao to protect the city’s watershed and forests and has yielded results in the past twelve years.

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Read more about the article CANDLE FOR THE FORGOTTEN
CANDLE FOR THE FORGOTTEN. On All Souls' Day, a man lits a candle at the 'Dakung Krus' in a Catholic cemetery in Davao City, 'Dakung Krus' is a place dedicated to dead loved ones whose graves are difficult to locate. (Kath Cortez/davaotoday.com)

CANDLE FOR THE FORGOTTEN

On All Souls' Day, a man lits a candle at the 'Dakung Krus' in a Catholic cemetery in Davao City, 'Dakung Krus' is a place dedicated to dead loved ones whose graves are difficult to locate. (Kath Cortez/davaotoday.com)

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