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FIESTA OF COLORS. Entries of the Kadayawan’s Indak-indak sa Kadalanan (street dance) on Saturday use different hues for their props and costumes adding to the festive mood of the occasion. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

Kadayawan is valuable to us, says Davao tribal leaders

But with Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s plan of calling off the festival due to security threats, the deputy mayors would have to make do with less festivities this year.

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‘Have an independence of the mind,’ says film critic who introduced Brocka to Cannes

By TYRONE A. VELEZ
Davao Today

Pierre Rissient, who was credited for introducing Philippine cinema to the international scene by bringing National Artist Lino Brocka’s movie Insiang to Cannes in 1976, seemed to embody those words, as he wowed an audience of filmmakers, actors and movie enthusiasts in packed 150-seater cinema facility for classic and non-commercial movies, Cinematheque Davao last week.

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5 HIV cases reported in Sto. Tomas

By MART D. SAMBALUD
Davao Today

Based on the data pooled from the confirmed HIV/AIDS cases, the proliferation of the deadly HIV virus attributed to their “risky sexual behaviors” which involves engaging in “unprotected” sex with multiple partners, high needle sharing, practice of anal sex and low condom use, among others.

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