Medical and health professionals and workers turned up in the launching of the Duterte got Doctors’ Support, a new group in Davao City to support Duterte’s presidential candidacy. ne of the convenors, Dr. Jet Lu, who is a pediatrician and chief of clinics at Metro Davao Medical and Research Center said its members will campaign for Duterte in hospitals all over the country. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Fire gutted a temporary shelter for hundreds of Lumads on Wednesday dawn, February 24.
Davao City Councilor Mabel Sunga-Acosta turns emotional after being questioned by majority floor leader Councilor Bernard Al-ag for inviting Ateneo president Fr. Tabora to speak in the session regarding the 10% green space requirement for development projects in the city. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Atty. Marlon Casquejo, assistant director of Comelec Region XI, says that their office and the Department of Public Works and Highways are now starting to tear down all election and non-election materials posted on prohibited areas. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Mary Ann Fuertes, executive director of Interface Development Interventions (IDIS) is elated over Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to junk the amended City Land Use Plan (CLUP) that removed the 10% green space provision. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Brigadier General Ronnie Evangelista, Deputy Commander of the Eastern Mindanao Command claims the threats of communist insurgency remain significant in the area of Eastmincom. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Workers of a local radio station in Davao City picket the office of the National Conciliation and Mediation Board (NCMB) in Quimpo Boulevard on Thursday, February 18 after its Philippine Association of Volunteer Arbitrators junked the demand for wage increase of workers of the Radio Mindanao Network (RMN) Davao Employees Union (RDEU). Union President, Efren Armilla (holding microphone) said the wage demand was included in their collective bargaining agreement. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
Fire razed at least 40 houses in a coastal village here on Wednesday, February 17.
Pedrita Demakiling, Social Welfare Officer IV of the Department of Social and Welfare Development Region XI, says the 14-year-old minor who was injured during an alleged encounter of government troops and rebels in Pantukan, Compostela Valley Province is now in their custody. The military claims that the minor is a member of the New People’s Army. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
A Manobo elder from Talaingod, Davao del Norte observes a volunteer trying her bead work inside an evacuation center in a church-owned compound in Davao City. The old woman still manages to make a traditional handicraft despite her half-blindness. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
