These students are among the residents who lit candles and offered prayers on Saturday afternoon, September 3, along Roxas avenue for the victim of the blast on Friday night. More than a thousand Davaoeños and local officials gathered for a memorial mass led by Davao Archbishop Romulo Valles and City Mayor Sara Duterte. (Maria Patricia C. Borromeo/davaotoday.com)
Families grieve as they identify their kins killed in the blast that rocked the busy night market along Roxas street here Friday night, September 2. (Maria Patricia. C. Borromeo/davaotoday.com)
Michelle Campos, daughter of slain Lumad leader Dionel Campos, leads hundreds of Lumad evacuees inside the provincial sports center in Tandag City as they mark the one year anniversary of the killing of Lumad leaders in Barangay Diatagon, Lianga town, Surigao del Sur province on Thursday afternoon, September 1. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
A street child walks by himself along Ilustre street in Davao City. Save the Children Philippines has recently released its study that the country is losing P328 billion due to malnutrition. The report titled “Cost of Hunger: Philippines” showed that the country is losing billions due to the effect of childhood stunting on the productivity of workforce and education. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)
Elenida Basug, chief of the Environmental Education and Information Division of the Environmental Management Bureau announces that they are now accepting entries for the 2017 national search for sustainable and eco-friendly schools in a press conference held for the environmental forum for eco-schools and eco-cities at the Grand Men Seng Hotel in Davao City on Wednesday, August 31, 2016. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)
Atty. Cecilia Jover-Angeles of the Ateneo de Davao University College of Law said that while the College of Law currently has no official stand on the matter of the tribunal ruling on the West Philippine Sea issue, they consider it a momentous victory for a small country like the Philippines against a military superpower like China. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte shakes hands with Dr. Rochmat Wahab of Karangmalang, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, as he received the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Tuesday., August 30. Davao City will host the 3-day Japan-Asean environmental forum on August 31 to September 2. (City Information Office)
Members of the Kilos Pederalismo sa Pagbabago present their proposal to divide the Philippines into five federal states or regions, namely: North Luzon, National Capital Region, South Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao in a press conference on Monday, August 29. (L-R) Atty. Ruben Abarquez, former Davao City Councilor Atty. Aris Albay, and Architect Florencio Gavino III. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Medical personnel from Surigao City local government check the vital signs of Rodrigo Angob (center), a non-uniformed personnel and Police Officer 2 Caleb Sinaca (left) of the Malimono Municipal Police Station before they were released by the New People’s Army. They were among the four prisoners of war released by the NPA on Saturday afternoon, August 27 in Barangay Mat-i, Surigao City (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
President Rodrigo Duterte graced the 10th year anniversary of the Eastern Mindanao Command on Friday evening, August 26, at the Naval Station Felix Apolinario in Panacan, Davao City. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
