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)