PHOTO EXHIBIT ON CHILD LABOR OPENS

A photo-exhibit/contest on child labor launched by Kaugmaon Foundation opened Saturday at Davao Medical School Foundation Training Center. Contest judges SunStar Davao Editor-in-Chief Stella Estremera (fifth, left), Mindanao Times Editor-in-Chief Amelia Cabusao (seventh, left), and Lester Avila (center) cuts the ribbon for the exhibit. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

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WORKING MOM

Davao City Councilor Leah Librado-Yap holds her son in hand during Thursday’s I-Speak Forum at City Hall to announce the city’s activities in observance of Children’s Month spearheaded by her committee on women and children. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

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DATE EXPO PROMOTES ‘FIVE GOLDEN CROPS’

John Carlo Tria (right), program head of the coming Davao Trade Expo (DATE) 2013 said this event will promote the intercropping of “five golden crops” to help farmers vie for export market. Joining him is Expo chair Agatha Salanatin-Valencia (left) during Thursday’s I-Speak Forum at City Hall. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

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MANOBO LEADER’S LAMENT

Agusan Manobo tribal leader Datu Librando Peres from Barangay Sabud, Loreto, Agusan del Sur, narrated during the Karapatan press conference narrates how the agreement between residents, Loreto Mayor Dario Otaza and the miltary were violated as the Philippine Army's 26th Infantry Battalion encamp in their communities' schools and houses, and also strafed houses and places of worship. Peres demanded for the pullout of troops so the communities can return in peace. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani

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SUPPORT FOR SURVIVORS OF PROSTITUTION URGED

Jeanette Ampog, executive director of the non-government organization Talikala, urged the government to provide social services and livelihood suited for survivors of prostitution in Davao. Talikala announced in Monday's Kapehan sa Dabaw at SM City-Annex that they will join other groups in holding the International Day of No Prostitution on October 5, 2013. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

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