On May 24, Sittie Lainie Decampong Asum woke up early to prepare for her graduation day. The night before, she and her classmates had their final practice.
Despite intensified traffic rules regulation, non-functioning traffic lights like this one along E. Quirino Avenue in Davao City cause traffic jams in intersections and pedestrian lanes (Kenneth Paul P. Senarillos/davaotoday.com)
Protesters outside the Libingan ng mga Bayani in Taguig City on Monday, September 11, burn a streamer to condemn what they perceive as the resemblance of President Duterte and the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos in terms of leadership and governance. (Alex D. Lopez/davaotoday.com)
Criminology student Hamdoun Cosain attends his graduation rites on Monday, September 11, in Iligan City, wearing only his white shirt, tattered denim pants, the school’s sablay (sash). Cosain left his graduation toga and cap in Marawi City when he fled with his family after the ISIS-inspired Maute group attacked last May 23. Their graduation was supposedly set on May 24. (Divina M. Suson/davaotoday.com)
Come September 11, 2017, it will be a holiday in Ilocos Norte Province. This is not new in the sense that Ilocanos have been annually celebrating the birth anniversary of former president Ferdinand E. Marcos, Sr. This Monday is distinguished because it would be the 100th birth year of Marcos, and no less than a proclamation issued upon authority of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte has designated that it be a special non-working day in the province.
The city mayor here is optimistic that the series of criminal and administrative charges filed against him will not prosper and will be decided by the higher courts in his favor.
Malacañang has named Department of Agrarian Reform Undersecretary Rosalina L. Bistoyong as the Officer-in-Charge, following the rejection of former Agrarian Reform Secretary Rafael Mariano by the Commission on Appointments last week.
The Office of the Ombudsman dismissed Bislig City Mayor Librado Navarro and 11 other local officials over a questionable P14.7-million hydraulic excavator purchase five years ago.
President Rodrigo Duterte is not giving any assurance that the crisis in Marawi City will be over this month.
Lumad and Moro leaders from Mindanao burn a US flag to symbolize their resistance against the continued war on terror against their communities. The delegates of the Lakbayan of National Minorities held a protest inside the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City on Sunday, September 10. (Alex D. Lopez/davaotoday.com)
