Bai Ali Indayla, a nominee of the Gabriela Women’s Partylist Bai condemns the killing of the Grade 3 Manobo student, Alinbando Tingkas, who was killed on Sunday by a suspected member of the paramilitary group Alamara in Sitio Laslasakan, Barangay Palma Gil, Talaingod, Davao del Norte province. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
Bishop Ephraim Fajutagana (second from right), Iglesia Filipina Independiente Obispo Maximo (Supreme Bishop), and Bishop Joel Porlares (third from left), IFI bishop of Bulacan and Bataan link arms with the indigenous peoples leaders during their solidarity visit at the United Church of Christ in the Philippines Haran compound in Davao City, where hundreds of Lumads are seeking refuge since March, last year. Fajutagana said the root cause of the conflict is the big foreign mining investors and their local Filipino counterpart who wish to extract the resources of the Lumads ancestral lands.(Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
Dr. Ma.Teresa Ungson, Regional Nutrition Program Coordinator of the National Nutrition Council Region XI says that stunting is the biggest problem in the country due to lack of nutrition. Ungson announced in a press conference Monday that to address the problem on stunted children, the NNC is holding the First 1000 days program to assist pregnant mothers and their babies to ensure that they will get the best nutrition during the crucial stage of child development. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Throngs of Catholic devotees of the the Sto. Niño here celebrated the feast of Sto. Niño in Shrine Hills Matina on Friday.
Hundreds of devotees go to Shrine Hills in Davao City to pray before the 48-year-old Holy Infant Jesus of Prague statue during the Sto. Niño festival on Friday. The statue is brought out for the public to see only once a year. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
After attending school inside the evacuation center in the United Church of Christ in the Philippines, two Manobo girls immediately go to their makeshift shelter to do beads work which they sell. Beside them is their mother who watches them. Hundreds of evacuees are still in Davao City fearing military occupation of their communities since last year. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
is the alternative solution of traffic in the City, according to Rhodelio V. Poliquit, chief of City Traffic and Transport Management Office (CTTMO) during the regular ispeak press conference at City Hall. All car owner who deliver their children in school must ride now with a carpool while the employee of the City Government who also owns a car will also ride a carpool. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Police Chief Superintendent Wendy Rosario of Police Regional Office XI says he recommended Senior Superintendent Michael John Dubria as the new city director for Davao City, but added that the decision remains in the national headquarters. Senior Superintendent Vicente Danao Jr, is set to end his tour of duty two years after holding the post in 2013. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
