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Damgo sa matag Pilipino ang makalingkawas gikan sa kuko sa kawad-on, ug edukasyon ang labing halangdong agianan padulong sa maong damgo.

[It is every Filipino’s dream to extricate ones’ self from the clutches of poverty and education is the most honorable way towards that dream.]

Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte pledges P6-million for the city’s collaborative program with Action Against Hunger (ACF) called Generation Nutrition to combat child malnutrition in the city. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

The New People’s Army denied that they had a hand in the killing of Laak Mayor Reynaldo Navarro saying that they have “not considered him an enemy that warrants a standing order.”

Again my former student and friend from the Davao School for the Blind, Willie G, gave me a surprise visit the other day. This time he brought along a short but interesting anecdote about animals— a fable, we call it— purportedly to prick my mind into a critical discussion about its allegorical meaning. Immediately after he finished retelling the fable, he asked, “Sir Don, unsa may pagtulun-ang atong makuha aning istoryaha?” [Sir Don what lesson can we get from this story?]

The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan Southern Mindanao led a hundredpersons on a picket Monday at the Davao Light and Power Company office in Bajada as consumers were irate for paying higher rates in spite of four to six hours of rotational brownouts last April. Bayan said the Aboitiz-owned company has been conditioning the public to pay higher rates, as they blamed the government’s public-private partnership for enforcing the monopoly of elite power players. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)

An embarrassment to Tagumenyos.

Homecomings are joyous occasions. They mark the end of journeys, of settling in to comfort and familiarity, of leaving behind uncertainty and loss of security.

Belen Rigo, a housewife from Matina Aplaya, joins Monday’s protest against Davao Light and Power Co., saying her electric bill during the brownout-filled April doubled from 400 to 800 pesos. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

Barangay captains of Davao City behind the Duterte 2016 Movement claims they had gathered endorsement from local officials from Visayas and Mindanao to push Mayor Rody Duterte for the presidency. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

Nearly 4,000 people were caught violating the city’s smoking ordinance last 2013. The city’s anti-smoking task force head Dr. Domeilyn Villareiz said the violators rose 50% from 2012. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)