News in Pictures

STUCK TAXICAB

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Nov 01, 2013

Few taxicabs and vehicles plied the flood along Lanag due to heavy rain Thursday. With the rainy season coming, citizens are concerned about the city’s preparation and repair of canals and drainage system in the urban area. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

MASKED PARTY-GOER

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Oct 31, 2013

A masked contestant shows off in the First Halloween Underground Foam Party held at the Royal Mandaya hotel on Thursday. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)

HALLOWEEN COSTUMES

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Oct 31, 2013

The winner of the best costume of the First Halloween Underground Foam Party at the Royal Mandaya Hotel receives a 50,000 pesos cash prize and a round trip ticket to Phukket, Thailand. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)

MESSAGE FOR CHR

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Oct 31, 2013

One of the protesters raises his placard during a picket on Tuesday at the office of the Commission on Human Rights, demanding for investigation of victims of extrajudicial killings. (davaotoday.com photo by Earl O. Condeza)

DOVE CLOUD

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Oct 31, 2013

A dove-shaped cloud rises above a statue of Blessed Virgin Mary in a tomb in Wireless Cemetery. Hundred thousand Davaoeños are expected to flock cemeteries on All Saint’s Day on Friday. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

BLISSFUL REST

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Oct 31, 2013

A cemetery sweeper takes a break from his duty at Wireless Cemetery. Hundred thousand Davaoeños are expected to flock cemeteries on All Saint’s Day on Friday. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

SCARING THE PORK AWAY

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Oct 30, 2013

Activists in Davao staged a Halloween costume protest along San Pedro Street to air their call for the abolition of the President’s special funds, DAP and pork barrel funds. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)

HALLOWEEN VS PORK

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Oct 30, 2013

Activists in Davao staged a Halloween costume protest along San Pedro Street to air their call for the abolition of the President’s special funds, DAP and pork barrel funds. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)

SONG FOR, BY THE CHILDREN

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Oct 30, 2013

School children from Puting Bato, Compostela town of Compostela Valley present a song during the Save Our Schools: Children’s Camp launched by child advocates in Panansalan, Compostela last October 29 to call for the protection of children’s rights in the observance of Children’s Month. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante

REENACTING THE HORROR

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Oct 30, 2013

Children of Barangay Mangayon, town of Compostela, Compostela Valley dramatize how they were harassed and forced by government soldiers to act as guides in their counter-insurgency operations . This was part of the Save Our Schools: Children’s Camp launched by child advocates in Panansalan, Compostela last October 29 to call for the protection of children’s rights in the observance of Children’s Month. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)