Behind The Rolling Chair, founder, Naprey Almario (right) and Ester Payumo, project coordinator of SELP Davao discuss about how establishments continue to ignore putting up facilities for persons with disabilities, such as restrooms, doors and ramps in a media forum on Wednesday. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
(From left) Escider Inc. Vice President Syed Kamal Reza Ampatuan and President/CEO Mims Ayunan present their plans to put up a Halal food and restaurant in the city during a media forum on Wednesday. The company also plans to establish a slaughterhouse. Davao City Councilor Mabel Sunga-Acosta (right) also gives update on the implementation of the Halal ordinance which she authored. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
Participants of the tree planting organized by the City Environment and Natural Resources Office (Cenro) early morning Saturday in Barangay 26-D, Davao City pose for the camera while planting mangrove seedlings. They say the mangroves will protect the community from huge sea waves. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
Drainage Management Unit chief, Yusop Jimlani (right), warns that sidewalk vendors inToril District in Davao City may face demolition if they would reject the option for a night market. The concept worked well in downtown Davao and Jimlani said other alternatives would have to be worked out to avoid demolishing their makeshift stores along the streets. The barangay council in Toril has requested the City Mayor’s Office last year to establish night market. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
CSSDO QRTCC-Center Head, Minda Silvano expresses their limitation in handling minors rescued during curfew. The City Social Services and Development Office has been assigned to rescue and take care of minors loitering during the 10 pm- 4 am curfew. Mayor Rodrigo Duterte told the CSSDO to bring the children to the police station, not to imprison them but to secure and protect them from harm on the street. The problem is that, Silvano said, children usually go back to the street after they are turned over to their parents. Previously, there are 20 to 30 minors rescued daily, Silvano said, but added this has gone down to five per day. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
Committee on Human Rights vice chairperson and councilor Leah Librado-Yap asks the police who investigated the strafing incident in Paradise Embac, Paquibato District, Davao City last June 14, why they only arrived at about noon of the next day to investigate. Beside her is Councilor Karlo S. Bello, committee chairman during the hearing held on Wednesday. (Medel Hernani/davaotoday.com)
One early Friday morning, Alcarlito Lampios parks his trisikad full of his collected trash, mainly recyclable materials, to have a cup of coffee and pan de sal along Magallanes street in Davao City.
During the time of President Fidel V. Ramos, Sasa port was upgraded to accommodate more foreign and inter-island cargo vessels, with stevedores and fork-lift operators manning their equipment to load and unload cargoes.
Radio reporter Maymay Benedicto, of ABS-CBN’s DXAB, cites the relation of the media to the spike in the number of teenage pregnancy during the population workshop at the Davao City Hall on Wednesday. Benedicto said sex has become a tool for entertainment than for education to lure more listeners through the use of double meaning lyrics of songs and radio drama punch lines. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
Teachers urge the government to suspend the implementation of K-12 and encourage a deeper study of the program. The Suspend K to 12 Alliance says adding more years in basic education is not a guarantee to improve the students’ competency. The group will file a petition for Temporary Restraining Order before the Supreme Court to suspend the implementation of the program. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
