Author Archives: MEDEL V. HERNANI

DILG Davao City Director, Merilo Q. Limbaro announces the approval of P300,000 to assist and organize children in slum areas, provide them with skills, and give start-up capital. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)

Fire razed thirty houses on Tuesday noon in Purok Jasa along kilometer 13 in Barangay Panacan, leaving 40 families homeless.

Florie Mae Tacang of anti-child labor group Kaugmaon Foundation Inc., shared during Monday’s Kapehan sa SM press-conference that girls as young as 9 years-old already engage in cyber sex (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)

Ret.Col. Yusof Jimlani, Davao City Drainage Maintenance Operation Chief warns night market vendors to refrain from throwing garbage in Roxas canal and remove their “ukay-ukay” stocks including their tents along the street during daytime to prevent traffic congestion (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)

Government declared a regular holiday for Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice), Monday. As Muslims celebrate the feast worldwide, life in Bankerohan public market goes on for some Davaoenos (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com).

Lorna B. Mandin, chief of the city’s Integrated Gender Development Division, announces the set of government services to women in need, including those engaged in prostitution. With Talikala Foundation Inc., the IGDD organizes and educates women in prostitution. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)

Jeanette Ampog of Talikala Inc. argues that legalizing prostitution will not eradicate the flesh trade in the country. Davao City alone has registered 1,500 women in prostitution doing various jobs in night clubs and bars. Talikala Inc. said that more minors are now engaged in prostitution, most of them not registered. Ana Luisa Calix (right), chairperson of Lawig Bubai, says girls as young as nine are already in the trade and paid P300 for each sexual act. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)

Michael Bravo,(right) a six-rounder fighter and a Manobo from Kidapawan City, poses with his team of Sunshine Boxing Promotion for their fight this coming October 11 at the Almendras Gym. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)

Families of construction workers of a housing project in Barangay Indangan were given an incentive through a day-off at the white sand beaches in the Island Garden City of Samal. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)

Ferdie Marañon (right), president of the DAvao Region office of the Philippine Export Conference, introduces the electronic to mobile processing of export documents at the Bureau of Customs. (Medel V. Hernani, davaotoday.com)