A worker takes down the Christmas lights along J.P. Laurel avenue. The job, which started last week, will be completed on Tuesday. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Members of the Sisters Association in Mindanao light candles praying for Pope Francis to join the typhoon survivors'quest for justice. (Contributed photo: Dexter Aserdano)
A mother and his son take a rest for a moment under her umbrella along San Pedro Cathedral. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
A group of women manicurists along San Pedro street clean the foot nails of their clients. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
YULETIDE HARVEST. Farm-workers harvest rice in Pigkacawayan, North Cotabato to catch-up with traditional Christmas feasts and save-up for next year. Farmers say they will have difficulty finding farm-work for the next six months as the area will suffer water supply shortage for the first half of 2015. (Kenette Jean Millondaga/davaotoday.com)