The brothers and two other siblings have dropped out of school. “Our brother earns so little, we don’t have a chance to finish school,” said Rick in the vernacular. Like other families living under the bridge, parents work in the nearby public market as cart pushers or porters, where earnings could barely sustain their daily food and basic needs. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
A mother buys an umbrella and chair for her child who will attend kindergarten class on school opening at June 2. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
Vendors steal a moment of sleep while waiting for customers along Uyanguren (R. Magsaysaya Avenue), where shoes and sandals are selling around 100 pesos a pair. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
A shanty still stands under the Generoso Bridge despite warnings from Mayor Duterte that the place is not safe for shelter due to ongoing repairs. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan Southern Mindanao led a hundredpersons on a picket Monday at the Davao Light and Power Company office in Bajada as consumers were irate for paying higher rates in spite of four to six hours of rotational brownouts last April. Bayan said the Aboitiz-owned company has been conditioning the public to pay higher rates, as they blamed the government’s public-private partnership for enforcing the monopoly of elite power players. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
Summer finds children such as this girl doing fishing at the Bankerohan River.(Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
A boy dashes along Governor Generoso Bridge in Bankerohan. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
A child from one of the 1,000 familes who lost their homes to the Isla Verde fire scrapes rice from the cooking pot. Families said they not only lost their homes but their savings as well to cope with their temporary stay at the Mini-Forest in Boulevard. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
“We believe that Art should not be for Art’s sake. It should mirror the dreams and aspirations for the women’s struggle for emancipation,”Ilagan said.
The April 4 fire that left 3,000 families homeless along Quezon Boulevard included 200 families belonging to the indigenous people called Badjaos.
