A cable man pulls the cable wire to connect it to an internet post along Ponciano Street. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Virgilio Sangutan, president of Davao Inventors Association announces that they are calling for entries for the Regional Invention Contests and Exhibits at a big mall in Matina on October 1-3. (Ace R.Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Manuel “Bobby” Orig of Apo Agua corporation, said the joint venture project with Davao City Water District, Aboitiz Equity Venture (AEV) and JV Angeles Construction Company (JVACC) for a P10-billion private bulk water supply project deal in Davao City will supply 300 million liters of water. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
National Secretariat member of faith-based NGO Philippine Misereor Partnership, Inc. (PMPI), Edel Garingan says that Tampakan mining covers 3,900 hectares of forest land which will affect fresh water supply. He said mining operation needs 908 million liters of water to process and extract minerals from large scale mining leading to contamination of fresh water. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
Amid the calls urging him to run as president, Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte announces his final decision not to run in 2016 elections during a special press conference Monday afternoon at a hotel in Magallanes, Davao City. Duterte also said sorry to his supporters. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
For more than 20 years, Bohol-native Ireneo Simagala works as a laborer inside the General Santos Fish Port Complex. Now he makes and sells Dayok (native dip) out of the lungs and other innards of marlin. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)
40-year old Junjun Abranilla has been working as a laborer for eight years inside the General Santos Fish Port Complex. Here he is cleaning tunas for the Japanese firm, Ten Point Manufacturing Corporation. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)
Laborers are carrying a 74-kilo Diana (Moonfish) for export inside the market of the Fish Port Complex in General Santos City on a Sunday. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)
Traders line up Moonfish for export at the Market 1 inside General Santos Fish Port Complex in Barangay Tambler. Traders say Moonfish, locally known as Diana, is very rare. The fish can be sold at P300 per kilo outside the market. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)
Former Davao City Mayor, Inday Sara Duterte says she is not yet sure if she would run for mayor or any higher position in the elections next year. Duterte says the public will know her decision during the filing of candidacy this coming October 12-16. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)