Abi Padaman, 16, cleans a fish tank full of catfish as they prepare for the Sugbahan sa Dalan, where various business establishments will participate to highlight the 13th Pantatan Festival in Los Amigos, Davao City on Friday, October 27. (More…) (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano / davaotoday.com)
A cultural worker waves a red flag bearing the communism symbol during the 100th year celebration of the Great October Socialist Revolution led by various progressive groups in Davao City at the Holy Cross of Davao College Auditorium on Wednesday, October 25. (Medel V. Hernani / davaotoday.com)
Lyna Mandayanon, 45, sells Agsam bracelet at the entrance of a nature park in Calinan, Davao city to support her eight-year-old daughter’s schooling. She opts to sell bracelets at the park due to lesser competition. (Kenneth Paul Senarillos / davaotoday.com)
Several small scale miners from Mt. Diwata in Compostela Valley Province protest in front of the Philippine Mining Development Corporation in Lanang, Davao City on Monday, October 23. They are opposing the plan of relocating ball mill operators outside Mt. Diwata. (More…) (Medel V. Hernani / davaotoday.com)
Displaced due to the fighting in Marawi City, evacuees queue to get free medicines at the Saguiaran Rural Health Unit, Lanao del Sur on Thursday, October 19. Their common health complaints included skin disease among children due to sanitation issues and upper respiratory tract infection brought by humid atmosphere at the evacuation centers there. (Lorie Ann A. Cascaro / davaotoday.com)
Despite the President’s declaration of Marawi’s liberation, evacuees at Saguiaran, Lanao del Sur, continue to live at evacuation centers while some of them suffer from diseases, especially their children. The Saguiaran Rural Health Unit turned into an emergency hospital that operates 24/7. (Lorie Ann A. Cascaro / davaotoday.com)
Jaime Ruar, 73, sorts out the durians he purchased from Toril district before selling it at the Bangkerohan Public Market in Davao City on Saturday, October 21. His truck contains P80,000-worth of durian, from which he expects to earn P200,000. (Kenneth Paul Senarillos / davaotoday.com)
Displaced Marawi City residents at the covered court of Saguiaran town in Lanao del Sur on Wednesday, October 18 sell various goods to earn cash and buy their children’s milk and diapers. (Lorie Ann A. Cascaro/davaotoday.com)
Naravy Duquiatan, officer-in-charge of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency 11, bares to media photographs of evidences to be used against the cases against two high-profile illegal drug suspects arrested on October 17 in Davao City. (Mick Basa / davaotoday.com)
Some 300 youth leaders and college students in Iligan City light their candles to symbolize their pledge in helping rebuild the war-torn city of Marawi. (Contributed photo)
