Despite heavy dust due to unfinished road construction, children affected by earthquake wait for passers-by to give them donations in Magsaysay, Davao del Sur. The residents choose to build shanties outside their homes for fear of another strong quake after several strong ones jolted the area for several times this month. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)
A member of Davao City rescue unit climbs the concrete fence of Ecoland 4000 condominium after the building collapsed morning of October 31, 2019, after a 6.5 magnitude earthquake hit Mindanao.(Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)
Candidates parade their beauty and talent in the Mutya sa Buhawanan pageant at the provincial capitol grounds in Mambajao, Camiguin, Friday night. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)
Government employees view the remains of the late Senate President Aquilino “Nene” Pimentel to the City Tourism Hall where necrological service and public viewing were held Wednesday night. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)
Donning costumes of other countries, pupils at the Cagayan de Oro Christian School here commemorate the United Nations Day Tuesday ahead of its 74th anniversary on Oct. 24. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)
Hundreds of children aged five years old and below are given free polio vaccine at the Brgy 5-A gym, Bangkerohan, Davao City on Monday (Oct 14) as the Department of Health (DOH) kicks off the first round of its massive synchronized polio vaccination campaign following the polio outbreak in the Philippines. (Ken E. Cagula/davaotoday.com)
Chieftains of Salugpongan Ta Tanu Igkanogon, together with Salugpongan school teachers and students, rip copies of the Notice of Resolution of the Department of Education to show their rejection on the permanent closure of Salugpongan schools during a protest action in Davao City. (Ken E. Cagula/davaotoday.com)
As the dawn breaks, a boat carrying visitors and tourists is set to drift as it is being pushed manually by a crew towards the deeper portion of the Surigao Sea and for an early morning visit to Britania Islands in San Agustin, Surigao del Sur. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)
Davao City activists decry the continuous killings of Indigenous people in Mindanao at a protest action Saturday. The killings intensified after President Rodrigo Duterte placed Mindanao under Martial Law in 2017 and extended it until the end of 2019. (Ken E. Cagula/davaotoday.com)
Students and members of the faculty union of the University of the Philippines (UP) Mindanao stage a protest at the Atrium Steps as part of the system-wide “Day of Remembrance” to commemorate the University’s ‘participation and sacrifice’ for the struggle against Martial Law under the regime of former president Ferdinand E. Marcos that was declared on September 21, 1972. (Ken E. Cagula/davaotoday.com)