Local inventor and current president of Philippine Traditional and Alternative Herbal and Cosmetics Association (PHILTAHCA) Virgil Sangutan lauds the Duterte administration’s move to emulate Cuba’s universal healthcare system. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Datu Kaylo Buntolan, a Lumad leader from Talaingod, Davao del Norte asserts that they fled their communities because of militarization during a press conference Friday, July 1 held inside the United Church of Christ in the Philippines Haran compound where hundreds of evacuees are staying. On May 13, the court has issued a warrant of arrest against 15 activists accused of kidnapping and serious illegal detention of the evacuees. (Earl O. Condeza/davaotoday.com)
A day after attending their father’s inauguration in Malacañang, Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte walks fast from his office at the City Council to attend a press conference here on Friday, July 1. He announced that City Mayor Sara Duterte is on leave until July 22. Duterte is accompanied by his security details who are members of the Presidential Security Group. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Hundreds of farmers and indigenous peoples coming from provinces outside Davao gathered in Rizal Park in Davao City to express their support to the first President from Mindanao, Rodrigo Duterte, who took his oath on Thursday, June 30. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
Lydia Rufino, 54, from Barangay Lapu-Lapu, Agdao district, Davao City cries while watching Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte deliver his inauguration speech shown through a projector screen inside the Mallengke in Bankerohan Public Market. Rufino said she did not expect that the long-time mayor from Davao City will be sworn into the Presidency.(Ace R.Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Davaoeños cheer and applaud President Rodrigo Duterte as they watch him deliver his inaugural speech through a big screen monitor inside the Mallengke in Bankerohan Public Market in Davao City on Thursday, June 30.(Ace R.Morandante/davaotoday.com)
A Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency XI agent burns P2.1 million worth of illegal drugs on Monday afternoon, June 27 at the Magsaysay Park in Davao City.(Ace R.Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Members of the Davao City Police Office temporarily lock the gate of the Hall of Justice because of the rally staged by protesters on Wednesday, June 29. The protesters condemn the warrant of arrest for 15 activists on alleged kidnapping and serious illegal detention of the indigenous people evacuees in a church compound in Davao City. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Almost 1,000 protesters march to the Hall of Justice in Davao City to condemn the alleged trumped-up cases filed against 15 leaders of progressive organizations. The warrant of arrest for cases of kidnapping and serious illegal detention of the indigenous people’s evacuees in Davao City is issued on May 13 by Judge Retrina Fuentes of Regional Trial Court 10 . (Ace R.Morandante/davaotoday.com)
A day after President-elect Rodrigo Duterte announced that he will give incentives for government employees, workers start to receive the educational assistance worth P4,000 for job order workers and P10,000 for those with plantilla (regular) positions on Tuesday, June 28. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
