The giant ‘Bounty Basket’ filled with fruits such as pineapple, durian and banana signify Davao’s agriculture bounty during the opening ceremonies of the 2013 Kadayawan Festival Friday at People’s Park. Mayor Duterte has greenlight the festival after tight security measures are put in place. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)
The Department of Social Welfare and Development XI claims these Matigsalug children from Davao City’s Baguio District attending Friday’s observance of the World Indigenous Peoples Day at the Royal Mandaya Hotel are part of the IP beneficiaries who comprise 38.5% of the total 188,501 DSWD’s Pantawid Pamilya recipients. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)
Energy Secretary Carlos Jericho L. Petilla (left) briefs business leaders during the Mindanao Business Conference that stable power supply in Mindanao will come by 2015 mostly from coal power plants, which is a cause of concern for environment advocates (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)
President Benigno Aquino III delivers his keynote to the Mindanao Business Conference in SMX Convention Center in SM Lanang on August 8, saying his government is focusing on peace, power reform and tapping potential on Mindanao’s agriculture, tourism and infrastructure. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)
Activists seem to split up the phalanx of police during the arrival of President Benigno Aquino III at SM Lanang to address the Mindanao Business Conference on August 8. The group disputed Aquino’s claim of ‘inclusive growth’ when poverty is rising in the country. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)
President Benigno Aquino III promised business leaders that government will bring more infrastructure, surplus in power supply and funds to support the region’s economy heading towards the ASEAN 2015 integration during his keynote at the 22nd Mindanao Business Conference on August 8 at SMX Convention Center at SM Lanang. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)
Mayor Rody Duterte said he would announce on August 13 if the Kadayawan Festival, the city’s main annual attraction, would push through or be cancelled following security considerations after the bombings in Mindanao. “If the margin of safety is 7.5, we’ll go ahead; but short of that let’s say at 5, we’ll go home and sleep early,” he explained. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)
This Agusanon Manobo family sleeps off their exhaustion in Bankeohan Gym after riding eight hours to Davao City to seek refuge. Some 500 Manobos fled their village in Loreto, Agusan del Sur from military troops 24, and were not welcomed by their governor when they sought his help. (davaotoday.com photo by MEDEL V. HERNANI)
First District Councilor Atty. Melchor Quitain reads the Local Government Code during Tuesday’s City Council session to remind fellow councilors on the local government’s capacity to stop mining in the city. (davaotoday.com photo by MEDEL V. HERNANI)
Davao environmental advocates Juland Suazo (left) and Francis Morales (right) of Panalipdan listens to the city council deliberate on the proposal for a ‘no-mining zone’ in the city. (davaotoday.com photo by MEDEL V. HERNANI)
