Deputy Cabinet Secretary Peter Laviña said President Rodrigo Duterte might not be able to join the social and economic development summit slated on August 17 to 18 at the SMX Lanang in Davao City due to his tight schedule in Manila. The President is supposed to receive the outputs of the workshop. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
The 31st Kadayawan sa Dabaw 2016 celebration formally started on Monday, August 15 at the People’s Park in Davao City. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Veteran photojournalist Rene Lumawag looks at the photographs displayed for the “Kinabuhi: A Photo Exhibit” inside the Durian Dome in People’s Park, along Palma Gil street, Davao City. The photo exhibit, which features the 11 tribes of Davao City, opened on Monday afternoon, August 15. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Members of the group Konsensya Dabaw troop in front of San Pedro Church in Davao City on Sunday morning, August 14 to call on President Duterte to bury former president Ferdinand Marcos, Sr. in Batac, Ilocos Norte, not in the Libingan ng mga Bayani. On the candles are the names of Davaoeños who became victims of Martial Law that was proclaimed by the late strongman. (Paulo C.Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Leo Yosores, 33 years old, a native of Bacolod, Negros Occidental has been bringing the famous masks of the Masskara Festival here every Kadayawan Festival for five years now. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
A worker paints the exterior of the Durian Dome at the People’s Park along Palma Gil Street, Davao City as part its renovation in time for the Kadayawan Festival. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
President Rodrigo Duterte reads the back cover of a copy of Nikkei Asian Review magazine given by a reporter during the media briefing at the presidential guest house in Panacan, Davao City late night Thursday, August 11. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Hidilyn Diaz shows the silver medal she won in the 53-kg women’s division at the weightlifting event in Rio 2016 Olympic games. Diaz met with President Rodrigo Duterte at the presidential guest house in Panacan, Davao City on Thursday night, August 11, 2016. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Iranun deputy mayor Pamikiran Latip P. Arumpac, Jr. hopes that aside from Western sports like basketball, indigenous games from the different Lumad and Moro tribes in Mindanao will be taught in schools. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Maguindanaon deputy mayor Ismael A. Nakan, Al-haj says that the Kadayawan Festival is very important because it allows the indigenous peoples of Mindanao, including them, the “tribal Muslims”, to show their culture to the youth and be able to preserve it. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
