Photography

OVERWHELMED. Students contend with the rising prices of notebooks and school supplies now flooding stores in time for the opening of classes. (Keith Bacongco/ AKP Images)

HORSEFIGHT. Despite protests from animal rights activists, horsefights continue to be a part of most traditional events in Mindanao; just like this one during the Araw ng Muling (Muling Day) in the village of Gupitan in Kapalong, Davao del Norte. (davaotoday.com photo by Jomel Hernani)

BIG BROTHER. A young girl is captivated by the large monitor that shows areas in and around City Hall and the People's Park, courtesy of the newly-installed closed-circuit television (CCTV). (davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan)

SURVIVOR. Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte visits one of the landslide survivors in a hospital in Pantukan, Compostela Valley. More bodies are expected to be dug out from the tons of mud that collapsed in the mining areas of Kingking and Napnapan after bad weather hit last Monday afternoon. (Keith Bacongco/ AKP Images)

CANDLES FOR PRESS FREEDOM. Davao-based members of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) light candles at the People's Park on World Press Freedom Day to remember the 64 journalists killed under the Arroyo regime. (davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan)