A fireman uses his flashlight to inspect a burned house in Pag-asa Village, Matina Aplaya, Davao City on Wednesday afternoon, August 10, 2016. Five houses were razed in the fire. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
After five days of protest pressuring government agencies here to act on the demands for food aids, the farmers from South Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani and General Santos on Monday, April 25 got 2,000 sacks of rice from the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s Quick Reaction fund.
Friends and relatives of school administrator, Emerito Samarca, arrived in throngs last Saturday to pay their last respects to the man who they fondly called as “Tatay Emok”.
Lag-on Baliti, an Ata Manobo mother from Barangay Palma Gil in Talaingod, Davao del Norte, receives relief goods from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on Wednesday morning. Baliti is one of the evacuees currently staying inside the Haran Compound owned by the United Church of Christ in the Philippines. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
Parents and students from elementary and high school troop to Francisco Bangoy National High School in Barangay Sasa for enrollment on Monday.
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)
Environmental activists delivered a “Notice of Closure” to the Mines and Geosciences Bureau here on Tuesday in a protest action on the eve of International Earth Day. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
Luz Kinilaw, established in 1968, is a famous landmark along Quezon Boulevard in Davao City. It is known as a kinilaw haven for Davaoenos and visitors alike serving the famous raw tuna cooked in vinegar. The establishment has already survived three fire incidents. But on Wednesday night, one of its workers don’t think it will ever rise again.
A pick-up type car with officials going to the Monday’s release of jail warden Jose Mervin Coquilla is stuck in the river along Barangay Casoon, Monkayo, Compostela Valley Province. (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)
