Workers like Casipi risk having pulmonary ailments as they can breathe in fine charcoal dust. They also face the danger of fire accidents that come with the goods that they sell.
How far can your P100 take you? Residents here take the P100 night market challenge or the #SandaanChallenge organized by Davaoeños who want to bring the vibrancy in the Roxas night market on Friday, September 30. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)
President Rodrigo Duterte warns anew government officials not to be involved in corrupt practices or he will read their names in public and ask them to resign. Duterte arrives at the Davao International Airport from his two-day official visit to Hanoi, Socialist Republic of Vietnam early morning Friday, September 30. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Julius Oxales, officer in charge of the City Cooperative Office says assets of 294 cooperatives who submitted reports to the Cooperative Development Authority has reached almost P7 billion, which means that the cooperative sector is gaining ground in terms of providing socio-economic services to their members. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
On September 26, Davao City was given the Presidential award for the fifth time since 1998 as the Most Child-friendly City, but Maria Luisa Bermudo, chief of the City Social Service and Development Office says that the award was a product of the efforts of the city’s various departments, civil society organizations, people’s organizations, and barangay councils.(Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Digna Salmasan of the City Health Office says that the dengue cases in the city have gone down through the efforts of the community down to the barangay level. The decreased number of dengue cases is good news not just to the patients and their families, but to the personnel of the CHO as well. Mayor Sara Duterte had earlier threatened to sack CHO officials if the number of dengue cases, which had reached more than 4,000 since January, would not decrease. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Sabil R. Laquina, basic education program coordinator for Salugpongan Ta ‘Tanu Igkanugon Community Learning Center announces their celebration of the Bwalawan Festival (Manobo’s harvest time) coinciding with the school’s 12th anniversary on September 30. Laquina said that this year’s celebration aims to highlight the Lumad’s struggle for their right to education.(Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) Philippines opens the Deeper Scars photo exhibit, featuring photojournalist Vicente Jaime Villafranca at the Marco Polo Hotel in Davao City on Tuesday, September 27, 2016. The exhibit uses 20×30 panels to depict stories of children and adults in Typhoon Yolanda-affected areas who fall prey to international and domestic trafficking. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
Government peace panel member Hernani Braganza (second from right), says both the government and the National Democratic Front are sincere and committed to not spoil the peace process. Braganza, who heads the government’s working group on socio-economic reforms briefed Army officials at the Eastern Mindanao Command in Naval Station Felix Apolinario in Panacan, Davao City on Tuesday morning, September 27, 2016. He also met with members of civil-society organizations. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Committee on Health chairperson Councilor Mary Joselle Dilig-Villafuerte and Southern Philippines Medical Center medical chief Dr. Leopoldo Vega call for a review of the memorandum of agreement between the City and the SPMC for the Lingap para sa Mahirap, a program by the city that provides health, funeral, and burial assistance to indigent citizens during the regular session on September 27, Tuesday following reports of applicants using fake documents to avail of financial assistance. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
