Farmers from the Compostela Farmer's Association (CFA) put up a barricade at the entrance of Agusan Petroleum and Minerals Corporation's (Agpet) operation site on Friday to demand the halt to its mining explorations in the area.
Ramadhan, the ninth month in the Islamic calendar, starts Thursday. It is the holiest month in the lunar cycle-based Hijiri calendar, and Muslims believe it to be the month when the holy Qur'an was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad.
One early Friday morning, Alcarlito Lampios parks his trisikad full of his collected trash, mainly recyclable materials, to have a cup of coffee and pan de sal along Magallanes street in Davao City.
During the time of President Fidel V. Ramos, Sasa port was upgraded to accommodate more foreign and inter-island cargo vessels, with stevedores and fork-lift operators manning their equipment to load and unload cargoes.
Brigada Eskwela 2015 kicks off in Davao City on Monday with parents and teachers joining the annual school preparation before the opening of classes on June 1. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)