TRAVEL BY BOAT
Boatmen offer ride for residents in Baganga, Davao Oriental after the Baogo Bridge collapsed due to strong river current due to Agaton. (Ace R. Morandante/ davaotoday.com)
Boatmen offer ride for residents in Baganga, Davao Oriental after the Baogo Bridge collapsed due to strong river current due to Agaton. (Ace R. Morandante/ davaotoday.com)
Residents of the municipality of Santo Tomas, Davao del Norte perform their version of the Sinulog festival celebrating the Feast of Santo Nino here along San Miguel Parish Church led by the Aklan Ati-Atihan Foundation. (Mart D. Sambalud/ davaotoday.com)
Bishop Elmber Bolocon (right), executive secretary of the Ecumenical Bishops Forum (EBF) is joined by fellow bishops and priests of various denominations from six countries at the EBF "Conference on United States Intervention in the Affairs of Sovereign Nations" held this week at RVM Retreat House in Davao. The conference aims to draw churches' response for peace amidst threats of US military and economic interventionism. (Ace R. Morandante/ davaotoday.com)
COLLECTING With the heavy rains in the past days, garbage from the city and driftwood finds its way to a coastal area where a woman gathers them for a living. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)
DELUGE IN DAVAO REGION The trough over the weekend due to the low pressure area triggered floods and landslides in Davao Oriental, Compostela Valley and Davao del Norte, forcing over 150,000 people or 32,000 families in 16 municipalities to evacuate for shelter. Pictures here are from the Davao del Norte Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction & Management and from the Davao Oriental Press Club. (davaotoday.com)