Farmers with scientists and environment advocates gathered in Ateneo de Davao University to express opposition to the genetically-modified golden rice variety being promoted by multinationals. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Teody Mansimuy-at, leader of the Talaingod Manobo group Salugpugan ‘Ta Tanu Igkanugon, uses a spear to symbolically hit government agencies they claimed had allowed foreign mining companies to encroach their ancestral domain. This rally took place at the Mines and Geosciences Bureau during the Earth Day commemoration. (Earl O. Condeza/davaotoday.com)
Department of Labor and Employment Region 11 Director Joffrey Suyao announced up to 19,000 jobs are open for the upcoming Jobs Fair on May 1 with hiring from 131 local and overseas agencies. (Ace Morandante/davaotoday.com)
A memorandum of agreement to promote Southern Mindanao as investment hub and gateway to Southeast Asia was signed by Japanese Chamber of Commerce in Mindanao (JCCM) President Keisuke Nakao, European Chamber of Commerce in the Philippines (ECCP) Vice President and General Manager Martial Beck and American Chamber of Commerce in the Philippines Davao (AMCHAM Davao) President Philip Dizon. (Ace Morandante/davaotoday.com)
The statue of the Risen Christ was paraded outside St. Joseph the Worker Parish early morning in celebration of Easter Sunday. (Medel Hernani/davaotoday.com)
Local church goers reenact the crucifixion of Jesus Christ during Sunday’s Easter Mass at Sr. Joseph the Worker Parish. (Medel Hernani/davaotoday.com)
Children and churchgoers sing during Easter Mass at St. Joseph the Worker Parish in Davao City. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
A child “Angel” descends to announce “the resurrection of Jesus” during the early Easter Sunday mass of the San Pedro Cathedral in Davao City.
Children sell colored candles to the thousands who flocked the Catholic Good Friday mass at the San Pedro Cathedral in Davao City. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Thousands of Churchgoers of the San Pedro Cathedral in Davao City join the procession of the Virgin Mary on the Catholic celebration of Good Friday. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
