There is no more bustling night market located in Roxas Avenue on Wednesday evening, August 3, 2016 after City Mayor Sara Duterte ordered the shut down of the night market due to alleged violations committed by street venders. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Karen Lamorena, a breastfeeding counselor from LATCH Davao, explains to pregnant mothers at the Southern Philippines Medical Center that the belief that a mother needs to take supplements to increase her breast milk production is a myth. She said that frequent nursing of baby is the key to increase milk supply as milk production depends on the baby’s demand. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)
Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte presides over the 18th City Council session for the first time on Tuesday, August 2, 2016. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Instead of crossing the Bangkerohan Bridge, commuters who want to travel from Magallanes riverside to SIR, New Matina riverside, vice versa can traverse the Davao River through these boats for two pesos per ride. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
A Tigwahanon mother, one of the survivors of the indiscriminate firing, nurses her child outside the multi-purpose hall of town center in Barangay Kawayan, San Fernando, Bukidnon. (Earl O. Condeza/davaotoday.com)
Lyn Tan, Vice President of LATCH Davao says that myths about breastfeeding hinder mothers to succeed in breastfeeding. LATCH or Lactation, Attachment, Training, Counseling and Help, has several activities, mostly breastfeeding talks in barangay, to help promote and protect breastfeeding. The month of August is the International Breastfeeding Month. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
Film enthusiasts line up in Abreeza Mall’s Cinema 2 to watch the film “Miss Bulalacao” by Ara Chawdhury, one of the Filipino films included in the Dutch-Filipino Film Festival which opened on Saturday night, July 30. The event will also screen Dutch and Filipino films for free at the Cinematheque Davao from August 2-5, 2016. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Marciano B. Betalas, a butterfly breeder for five years now, says weather patterns affects butterfly reproduction. Rainy seasons, he said, generally result to fewer butterflies surviving into adulthood since it is also during this time that other predatory insects proliferate. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
President Rodrigo R. Duterte says the Office of the President spends a minimum of P50,000 to a maximum of P250,000 for cash assistance to a soldier wounded or killed in war. Duterte visited the 60th Infantry Battalion Headquarters at Camp Morgia in Doña Andrea, Asuncion, Davao del Norte on Friday, July 29, 2016 where he met with the Cafgu Active Auxiliary forces who were injured and killed in an NPA attack. (RENE LUMAWAG/PPD)
Eliza Suarez, president of the Guidance Counselors and Career Advocates Incorporated says that career guidance must start as early as elementary in order to give the students an informed choice to help them develop skills and interests that will fit the demands of the labor market.(Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
