Mothers of students at the local Ma’ahad (Islamic high school) arrange a number of Maguindanawon delicacies in their bid to win a competition organized by the parents-teachers association and local leaders.
Police Senior Inspector Milgrace Driz, spokesperson of Davao City Police Office puts a tape on her pistol along with her colleagues in the entire city police command. The National Police has a policy against indiscriminate firing of their guns during Christmas Season. The muzzle-taping will end after January 1, 2016. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
An inspector checks the tuna for the quality of the meat for classification at the General Santos Fish Port Complex. (Photo contributed by Rawi June Morandante)
Laborers transport loads of tuna in the Market 1 section inside the government-owned General Santos Fish Port Complex, Monday morning. (Photo contributed by Rawi June Morandante)
Manobo mothers from Talaingod, province of Davao del Norte take care of their children as they rest by the roadside in Davao City.(Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Indigenous peoples who are staying in Buhangin gym cook early to feed their family and prepare for a long day of caroling in downtown Davao City. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
A gay couple sit at a seawall as they watch the sea stretching to Samal Island resort. (Ace R.Morandante/davaotoday.com)
A worker from Davao City General Services Office decorates with Christmas lights the clock tower along San Pedro Street in Davao City. The clock tower displays a giant colorful torch during night time. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Officials, administrators, teachers and Islamic school students of Barangays Dunguan in Aleosan and Langayen in Pikit hold a parade to seal a peace pact between their two communities which have been locked in rido (clan feud) for 30 years. The Ma’ahad (Islamic High School) built at the boundary of the two communities May of this year became a marker of peace and reminder of their peace pact which they hope to be strengthened with a kanduli (feast) this Sunday. (Photo by Mohaiden Ampatuan)
A power line tower of the National Grid Corporation lies across a corn field after being taken down by a bomb attack at 9:26 pm Thursday in Sitio 1, Barangay Pagangan, Aleosan, Cotabato Province. The bombing sent North Cotabato, Cotabato City and Maguindanao in darkness.(Photo by Mariline Cantomayor)
