Lumad leaders do the Duterte fist pump pose to show support to the President. About 900 Lumad leaders from different regions in Mindanao joined the Indigenous Peoples Summit at the covered court of the Naval Station Felix Apolinario in Panacan, Davao City on Thursday, February 1. (Robby Joy D. Salveron / davaotoday.com)
A worker monitors the construction of the 35-kilometer road project that will stretch from Bago Aplaya to Sta. Ana wharf. The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) aims to complete the construction before the end of President Rodrigo Duterte’s term in 2022. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.comz)
This photo was taken on January 30, 2018, a day before Filipinos will witness the rise of the “super blue blood moon.” (Medel V. Hernani / davaotoday.com)
Land Transportation Office (OFFICE) officials surprise public utility jeepney drivers as they conduct emission tests (ETs) on Tuesday, January 30. At least two ET booths were set-up near Kapitan Tomas Monteverde Sr. Central Elementary School along C. Bangoy Street in Davao City. (Ivy Jean Tupas / davaotoday.com)
A personnel from the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board Region 11 repairs a broken taxi meter before it is calibrated with the new taxi fare rate, Friday, January 26, at the old airport in Sasa, Davao City. LTFRB is eyeing to recalibrate around 5,500 taxis in the city by February 2018. (Robby Joy D. Salveron / davaotoday.com)
‘SAVE OUR JEEPNEYS’. The transport group Transmission Piston holds a protest on Wednesday, January 24, in front of the Land Transportation Office-11 (LTO) to oppose the public utility vehicle (PUV) modernization program and Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law. (Robby Joy D. Salveron / davaotoday.com)
Peasant organization, Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) Southern Mindanao rally infront of the Department of Agrarian Reform office in Tagum City on January 22, 2017. They call for justice for all farmer activists killed under the Duterte administration in time for the 31st anniversary of Mendiola massacre. (Bags Castillo / Kilab Multimedia)
A Lumad student studies her lesson inside a makeshift tent in UCCP Haran evacuation center on Thursday, January 18. More than 70 students are still holding their classes in the evacuation center since they fled home in 2015 to avoid alleged harassment from soldiers. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)
A woman carrying groceries walks past protesters in Bankerohan Public Market on January 17. Protesters condemn the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) Law The TRAIN Law reduces the income taxes of employed Filipinos enabling them to receive higher take-home pay but critics say the law is feared to increases excise taxes that soars up prices of basic commodities. (Kenneth Paul P. Senarillos / davaotoday.com)
Davao City Council’s new majority floor leader, Councilor Jesus Melchor Quitain Jr., and new chairperson on Committee on Ethics and Good government, Jesus Joseph Zozobrado III take oath during the regular session on Tuesday, January 16. (Robby Joy Salveron / davaotoday.com)
