Davao City Councilor Danilo Dayanghirang, head of the finance committee, announces that the public consultation on the proposed increases for local business taxes will begin by early 2017. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
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Jason Balais, Department of Labor and Employment XI assistant regional director, says that as of October 2016, the employment rate in Davao Region stands at 96.4 percent employment rate, noting a slight increase from last year’s 94.5 percent. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
A couple walk arm in arm after attending the first “Simbang Gabi” (night mass) on Friday, Dec. 16 at the San Pedro Cathedral in Davao City. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Hundreds of Catholic devotees flock to San Pedro Cathedral in Davao City for the first mass of Simbang Gabi (night mass) on Friday, Dec. 16. For nine days, Filipinos hear mass at dawn as part of the Christmas tradition. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
GRP peace panel member Atty. Rene Sarmiento says he feels very positive that the peace talks with the National Democratic Front will yield positive results in a peace forum held at the Ateneo De Davao University on Tuesday, Dec. 13. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Government peace panel member Atty. Antonio Arellano says the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front are looking at problems with different perspectives. He said the peace talks is a matter of bridging the gap between these perspectives as he expressed optimism on the GRP-NDF peace negotiations during the press conference held at the Ateneo de Davao University on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Around 300 students and faculty members of the Cotabato Foundation College of Science and Technology (CFCST) walked out of their classes on Tuesday morning and marched to push for the removal of school president Dr. Samson Molao.
Injured farmers belied they were armed when security forces of a banana plantation here attacked them yesterday morning.
Farmer Jose Baluso, 42, shows where he was hit by shotgun pellets fired by uniformed guards of Lapanday Foods Corporation on Monday, Dec. 12. Baluso says they asked for police assistance prior to the confrontation but said the police fled the scene as soon as the shooting began. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Tagum City Police investigators preparing the shotgun shells in ziplock bags gathered from the crime scene. On Dec. 12, Monday, banana plantation guards of Lapanday Foods Corporation shot the farmers, wounding six, two of which are currently in critical condition. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
