Together with the birthday of Katipunan leader Andres Bonifacio, the activist youth group Anak Bayan celebrates its founding anniversary on November 30. Founded in 1998, the group stages a rally at the statue of Bonifacio along Magallanes Street, slamming corruption of public funds. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)
A craftsman works on a Christmas lantern (parol) using bamboo material which he displays along Quimpo Boulevard. With the Christmas season starting, traditional lanterns are sought after, with prices ranging from thirty to five hundred pesos. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)
Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte leads the oath taking ceremony Friday of the new barangay officials from the city’s 182 barangays, held at Almendras Gym. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)
A barangay official from Tacloban, Leyte, Jessica Seno Panis (left) cries as she thanks Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte (right) for including her during Friday’s oath taking ceremony of new barangay officials at Almendras Gym. Panis is temporarily residing with relatives in Davao after Typhoon Yolanda ravaged her city and other parts of Eastern Visayas, but said she will return soon to serve her constituents in Barangay 73 PHHC. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)
As the Christmas season starts, city government staff were seen in the past weeks putting up Christmas decors at the trees fronting the City Hall which lights up the night. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)