Where to Daang Matuwid?
A Badjao girl seems to be waiting for a ride to take her away from her plight of begging for money in Davao City’s busy JP Laurel Avenue. Poverty remains high in the region despite President Aquino’s declaration of ‘inclusive growth’. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)
Department of Agriculture XI Executive Director Remelyn Recoter (right) assures durian growers of technical support and funds which could be sourced from PDAF. At left is Rogelio Tabay from the City Agriculturist Office, who announces the Kadayawan Durian Festival slated on August 10 to 25 at SM Lanang Premier Fountain Court.(davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)
Department of Tourism Xl Director Art Boncato said the Davao City’s 7,000 hotels, apartelles, inns, lodging houses are ready to accommodate visitors and tourists for the month-long Kadayawan festivities. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)
An Agusan Manobo child lets the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ Eastern Mindanao Command in Panacan, Davao City know that military operations have affected the schooling of children in five barangays in Loreto, Agusan del Sur since the end of July. Around 1,000 Manobos including 300 children fled their villages for fear of hearing successive gunfire. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)
An Agusanon lumad mother carries a child as they cross the river which is a boundary between Agusan del Sur and Compostela Valley. This is an exodus of nearly a thousand Agusanons from the town of Loreto after military operations affected their barangays. (davaotoday.com photo by John Rizle L. Saligumba)
Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Partylist Representative Antonio Tinio (left) and ACT Mindanao coordinator Prof. Mae Templa bat for legislative reforms for the public school sector including salary upgrade, regularization of contractual teachers and increase in allocation education from the national budget (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)
Department of Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala (2nd from right) led the formal opening of the 3-day Mindanao Exporters Congress on Thursday, August 1 at the SMX Convention Center, SM Lanang, Davao City. With Secretary Alcala are (L-R) Councilor Jimmy Dureza who represented Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, Domingo Ang of the PHILEXPORT XI and Sergio Luis Ortiz, national president of the PHILEXPORT. (DAVAO TODAY PHOTO)
Ka Parago of the NPA’s First Pulang Bagani Battalion beams as he presents the five soldiers who said they were given ‘special treatment’ as prisoners of war in their 44 days of captivity. The NPA released them after appeals from families and peace advocates, and in compliance with the Geneva conventions and protocols of war.(davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)
Davao City Mayor Rody Duterte jests with his “long friend” New People’s Army guerrilla Ka Parago saying he should be the next mayor of Davao or at least barangay captain of Paquibato. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)
John Gaisano, Jr, director for the Mindanao Business Conference this August 8 to 10, says the event will ask specifics from President Aquino on key economic issues and concerns on Mindanao’s economy. (davaotoday.com photo by ACE R. MORANDANTE)
