KIDNEY IN FOCUS. Nephrologists Dr. Jeanette Ybiernas (left) and Dr. Meldia Anuta announced the city’s hosting of the Philippine Society of Nephrology’s “Kidney in Focus” post-graduate studies on March 14 and 15 at Apo View Hotel in observance of the World Kidney Day on March 13. (Ace R. Morandante/ davaotoday.com)
TAGUM COOPERATIVE. Tagum City Cooperative Chair of the Board Ms. Miriam Baloyo, one of the guests in a pressconference held yesterday at a big mall along Ecoland St., Davao City, said their membership grew by 10 percent in 2013. (Medel Hernani/davaotoday.com)
LIGHT LEYTE. A young Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) survivor in La Paz, Leyte stares at a light bulb powered by a generator set during a medical mission by non-government BALSA Mindanao. (Ace R. Morandate/davaotoday.com)
SHOE LIFE. Joel Coctin, a “shoe-shine boy” in his youth, is now 42 years-old. He saw for himself varied show sizes, colors, designs and brands while working hard in Davao City’s San Pedro Street for 20 years but has yet to see how his work will bring him and his family the so-called “good life.” (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
VANESSA JOINS WOMEN’S MARCH. Former New People’s Army fighter Vanessa de los Reyes joins the annual commemoration of the International Women’s Day. Delos Reyes was wounded in a firefight versus govt troops and is currently out on bail and has to face charges. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
WOMEN’S MONOLOGUE. Some cast of the play “The Vagina Monologues” performs a tableau to show their solidarity with women during the 104th commemoration of the International Women’s Day in Davao City. The play, by feminist writer Eve Ensler, was translated in the vernacular by Palanca-awardee Don Pagusara and will start in June of 2014. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
VHONG IN THE STREETS. A crowd gathers around a television set in a sidewalk located in the corner of Ponciano and San Pedro streets, one of Davao City’s busiest intersection, to watch Vhong Navarro appear for the first time on his noontime show after being involved in a controversy. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Political prisoner Vanessa delos Reyes raised her fist at a press conference Friday announcing her temporary release as the court granted bail. Delos Reyes was a New People’s Army fighter until she was injured in the spine during an encounter in 2011 and placed under hospital arrest for three years. Family, schoolmates and cause-oriented groups had campaigned for her release on humanitarian grounds. (Ace R. Morandante/ davaotoday.com)
Believers flock the San Pedro Church in Davao City to be marked with an ashen cross in the forehead. This Catholic tradition called the Ash Wednesday formally opens the Catholic season of Lent. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Manong Lito, 64, tirelessly crafts rubber boss out of worn-out tires in his street shop along Acacia St., Davao City. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
