Firefighters responded to a fire along Barangay 12-B on V. Mapa Street that razed around 60 houses Thursday morning. Residents said the fire started on a flat iron left alone in the house of Barangay Captain Nilda Tumabang. No casualties were reported, but the fire forced the nearby JP Laurel Elementary School to suspend its classes. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandate)
Emmanuel Gargar (left), father of detained scientist Professor Kim Gargar, types his name on a website created by Kim’s colleagues and rights advocates calling for his release. Kim Gargar was conducting post-Typhoon Pablo studies in Cateel, Davao Oriental when he was detained and charged by the military that he is a New People’s Army member. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandate)
Waving flags and donning costumes from different nations, pupils paraded for the United Nations Day celebration along SM Annex in Ecoland. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandate)
A street kid falls asleep while waiting for pennies to drop on his cup. Poverty has increased in Davao City in the past year. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)
Farmer activists staged a picket along San Pedro Street to commemorate October as peasant month, as they slammed military operations under the Armed Forces’ Oplan Bayanihan has displaced and violated their rights. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)
These kids beat the heat by swimming and frolicking along the coast in Barangay Isla Verde. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)
A laborer mashes concrete blocks in a construction of a new high-rise condo unit along C.M. Recto (Claveria) Street. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)
A phone lineman bares the heat while fixing telephone lines along the highway in Lanang. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)
A man volunteers in pasting mini-posters for a candidate in the October 28 Barangay Election. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)
An array of campaign streamers and tarpaulin are seen along a downtown area on Friday at the first day of the Barangay Election campaign. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)
