City hotel and resort owners joined the launch of the Visit the Philippines 2015 campaign of the Department of Tourism at the Marco Polo Hotel on Wednesday with (seated from left) City Councilor Al-Ryan Alejandre; Domingo Enerio III, chief operating officer of the Tourism Promotions Board; and Tourism Assistant Secretary Art Boncato. (Tyrone A. Velez/davaotoday.com)
10th Infantry Division spokesperson Lt. Col. Llewelyn Binasoy said they added another company of Scout Rangers in Compostela Valley Province due to the offensives launched by the New People’s Army in the area. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Davao City Council Committee on Environment Chair Leo Avila opposes the cutting of the trees in Dacudao. According to Avila, those trees were planted decades ago to protect the banks of the drainage canal. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Davao City Police Director Vicente Danao admitted that crimes in the city rose to 11% or 812 cases during the third quarter this year since the start of “ber” months. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Florie Mae Tacang of anti-child labor group Kaugmaon Foundation Inc., shared during Monday’s Kapehan sa SM press-conference that girls as young as 9 years-old already engage in cyber sex (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
Ret.Col. Yusof Jimlani, Davao City Drainage Maintenance Operation Chief warns night market vendors to refrain from throwing garbage in Roxas canal and remove their “ukay-ukay” stocks including their tents along the street during daytime to prevent traffic congestion (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
Government declared a regular holiday for Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice), Monday. As Muslims celebrate the feast worldwide, life in Bankerohan public market goes on for some Davaoenos (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com).
Huge Habagat waves in Sta. Ana pier enticed these children to bathe on a hot Sunday afternoon. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Damaged garbage bins have become useless, prompting officials to mull buying new ones, with a price as high as P5,000 per piece. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Mayor Rodrigo Duterte in his Sunday program Gikan sa Masa para sa Masa said that he will conduct another round of dialogue between the City Engineering Office and nongovernment organizations regarding the planned cutting of some 500 trees to rehabilitate the city’s main drain canal along Dacudao Street. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
