Residents pick-up materials they can use to repair their homes after a big fire engulfed around 3000 houses in Barangays 23-C, 21 and 22 in Davao City Friday night. A total of 2,245 families were affected and are temporarily staying at nearby schools, according to the City Social Services and Development Office.
Some 1,500 Ata Manobos left their villages last April 1 in the hinterlands of Talaingod, Davao del Norte after what they said were harassments brought by military troops occupying their communities for weeks.
A street beggar catches sleep in daylight.
A construction of a new mall and BPO building in the city. Construction workers often work with a minimum wage of 300 pesos per day for six months or until their construction projects end.
TWENTY FOR A HUNDRED. Market laborers at the Bankerohan Public Market in Davao City lift vegetables and other products of vendors for twenty pesos per one hundred kilograms. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Radyo ni Juan, a network of news FM radio stations in Mindanao, held a grand launching of its Tagum City station 100.7 News FM on Saturday, March 15 at Barangay Mankilam. The station drew guests including Davao del Norte Governor Rodolfo del Rosario, Tagum City Mayor Allan Rellon, Department of Interior Local Government Provincial Director Alex Roldan and other local officials and personalities. The Radyo ni Juan network is operated by Infomedia Resources Management (INFORM) which tied up with Rizal Memorial Colleges Broadcasting Corporation. (Medel V. Hernani/ davaotoday.com)
A photo gallery on International Women’s Day 2014 held at Rizal Park, Davao City last March 8, 2014.
INDONESIAN ANGKLUNG MUSIC IN DAVAO: A performer of a musical ensemble from Bandung, Indonesia, plays his angklung, a traditional Sudanese instrument at a concert in Davao City on Sunday. Each angklung plays a single note, which means a set of this instrument made of bamboo is needed to play a symphony. Musical notes are produced by shaking it. (Mick Basa/davaotoday.com)
A woman breaks rocks taken out from the mine tunnels in Barangay Bukal, Nabuturan town in gold-rich Compostela Valley province, which shows even women can perform a “man’s” job. (Leo Y. Fuentes, Jr. / davaotoday.com)
