Advocates and government employees light candles at the city amphitheater in Cagayan de Oro City during the International AIDS Candlelight Memorial on May 15, 2022. In one of its reports, the US National Center for Biotechnology Information said “HIV crisis in the Philippines has worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic”. (Jigger Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)
Youth activists staged a rally in front of the Davao City Council during its session Tuesday as they urged councilors and candidates of the local elections to oppose the city government’s waste-to-energy project and instead promote zero waste solutions as the better alternative that will do less harm to the environment. (Photo by Kath Cortez/davaotoday.com)
Around 6,000 Kakampinks show their support to presidentiable Leni Robredo during the campaign rally “Kalinaw Dabaw” held in the Davao del Sur coliseum on March 24 Thursday.
Progressive groups led by Gabriela Southern Mindanao chapter commemorate International Women’s Day on March 8 with a rally in Freedom Park at Roxas Avenue. The groups raised issues such as justice for the Lumad school volunteer teachers and health worker slain in New Bataan; the junking of the Oil Deregulation Law that has triggered high price of fuel; and new leadership in the coming 2022 election. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)
Campaign volunteers set up ‘lugaw’ or porridge stations at the Divisoria area in Cagayan de Oro during the rally of presidential candidate and Vice President Leni Robredo on Tuesday night February 22. Robredo also stopped sorties in Iligan and Gingoog.
On Valentine’s Day, women groups and cause-oriented organizations in Davao City joined the 9th One Billion Rising event in Freedom Park carrying the theme: Rise, Resist and Unite. The OBR is a global campaign on gender-based issues, and is organized nationwide by Gabriela Women’s Party-list. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)
Supporters of presidential bet VP Leni Robredo and her tandem Francis Pangilinan staged a caravan on Wednesday in Davao City, filling the streets with pink flags and ribbons. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)
Personnel from the Phil. Coast Guard District Northern Mindanao rescue stranded residents living along or near the flooded Bitan-ag Creek in Cagayan de Oro as Typhoon Odette makes landfall in Mindanao Thursday afternoon, Dec. 16. (Jigger Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)
The cremains of slain communist leader Jorge ‘Ka Oris’ Madlos was given to his younger brother Rito in Impasugong, Bukidnon on Tuesday, November 9 through town Mayor Anthony Uy. The 4th Infantry Division cremated Madlos’ body last week without seeking the family’s permission. (Photo by Froilan Gallardo)
A police officer of the Davao City Police Office is taking a photo and name of a protester they hold a short program during the 49th Martial Law commemoration rally in Freedom Park, Roxas Avenue.
