This parent lent his carpentry skills to help in the repairs and renovation of classrooms in Looc Elementary School, Barangay Looc, Villanueva, Misamis Oriental. Parents join the yearly Brigada Eskwela to prepare their children’s schools for the opening of classes. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)
An incoming Grade 3 student receives school supplies from the local government of Davao City after he queued along with other parents and children to ask for assistance at the City Mayor’s office on Thursday morning, May 31, 2018. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque (right) visits the Cagayan de Oro Press Club (COPC) and talks to the members of the media here on Thursday afternoon, May 24, 2018. He is warmly received by COPC President Ruffy Magbanua. The COPC is commemorating the 36th Press Freedom Week from May 21-26. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)
Davaoeño’s light up candles at Rizal Park Friday afternoon during the International AIDS Candle lighting Memorial. The activity was attended by AIDS advocates, civil society organizations, and government agencies. (Kath M.Cortez/davaotoday.com)
Feeding the pigeons in Rizal Park in Davao City is an activity enjoyed by some park goers. In this photo, a girl feeds the birds on Wednesday morning. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)
Rosella Yupano, a resident of Barangay Talomo in Davao City, shows her ink-stained finger after casting her vote at Apolinario Mabini Elem. School on Monday’s (May 14, 2018) Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections. (More…) Mara S. Genotiva/davaotoday.com)
Artist Nicolas Aca mounts a ‘no to vote-buying’ campaign outside the St. Augustine Metropolitan Cathedral in Cagayan de Oro, on Sunday, May 13, to remind the people not to sell their votes during the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on Monday. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)
78-year-old Erina Masbang is one of the many Filipinos who will choose the next set of local leaders during the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections on May 14. She was born and raised in Barangay 76-A Bucana in Davao City and earns P300 a day for washing other people’s clothes. (More…) (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
Children retrieve what is left of their homes including a plastic cabinet after the demolition team started to dismantle almost 80 houses at Barangay 26-C Salmonan in Davao City on Monday, May 7, 2018. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)
The Kilusang Mayo Uno burns an effigy of President Rodrigo Duterte called “Duterthreat” during the Labor Day rally at Freedom Park in Davao City which condemns Duterte’s failure to end ‘Endo’. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)