News in Pictures

DREAMING

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Oct 22, 2013

A street kid falls asleep while waiting for pennies to drop on his cup. Poverty has increased in Davao City in the past year. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)

FARMERS’ MONTH RALLY

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Oct 21, 2013

Farmer activists staged a picket along San Pedro Street to commemorate October as peasant month, as they slammed military operations under the Armed Forces’ Oplan Bayanihan has displaced and violated their rights. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)

BEAT THE HEAT

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Oct 21, 2013

These kids beat the heat by swimming and frolicking along the coast in Barangay Isla Verde. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)

HAMMER TIME

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Oct 21, 2013

A laborer mashes concrete blocks in a construction of a new high-rise condo unit along C.M. Recto (Claveria) Street. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)

LINEMAN

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Oct 21, 2013

A phone lineman bares the heat while fixing telephone lines along the highway in Lanang. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

POSTER BOY

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Oct 19, 2013

A man volunteers in pasting mini-posters for a candidate in the October 28 Barangay Election. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)

VYING FOR ATTENTION

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Oct 19, 2013

An array of campaign streamers and tarpaulin are seen along a downtown area on Friday at the first day of the Barangay Election campaign. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

COCONUT NET

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Oct 19, 2013

A net out of coconut hemp was one of the product exhibited at the Davao Trade Expo 2013 from October 17 to 19 at SMX Convention Center. This year’s exhibit focused on boosting golden crops such as coconut, coffe, cacao, corn and cassava. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

DUTERTE MEETS DAVAO TRADE LEADERS

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Oct 19, 2013

Davao business leader John Gaisano (center) welcomes Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte (left) at the opening of the Davao Trade Expo 2013 on Thursday at SMX Convention Center. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

LUMADS PICKET LOGGING FIRM

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Oct 17, 2013

Hundreds of Ata-Manobos from Talaingod, Davao del Norte marched at the office of logging firm Alcantara & Sons in Lanang, Davao City Wednesday to protest the company’s Integrated Forest Management Agreement, which they said is a commercial logging venture encroaching their ancestral domain. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)