Atty. Romeo Cabarde of the Ateneo Public Interest and Legal Advocacy (APILA) expresses his strong opposition to House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez’ proposal to amend the minimum age of criminal liability from 15 to nine years old, saying that children are merely”victims of a failed system”. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
A policewoman inspects bags of jeepney passengers along R. Castillo street, Davao City. Routine inspections of both public and private vehicles have become the norm in the city after the Davao bombing that claimed at least 14 lives and wounded 70 others on September 2. The incident led President Rodrigo Duterte’s to issue a proclamation declaring a state of national emergency. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Activists here protested the United States “war on terror” coinciding with the commemoration of 9/11 attacks 15 years ago. The protesters also expressed support to President Rodrigo Duterte’s plan of pursuing “an independent foreign policy.”
President Rodrigo Duterte says he is satisfied with his performance at the Association of Southeast Asian Nation Summit recently held in Vientiane, Laos. Duterte arrived Saturday midnight, September 10 at the Davao International Airport where he met with the media to report about his first foreign trip as head of state. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
A week after the bombing killed at least 14 and wounded 70 others in Davao, venders in the Roxas Avenue night market here are back in business.
After a year of living as evacuees in the Sports Complex in Tandag City, the Lumad evacuees are finally able to return to their homes in Barangay Diatagon, Lianga, Surigao del Sur following the pullout of the military in the area. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Various groups continue to flock the blast site of the Roxas night market bombing here four days after, offering flowers, lighting candles and saying their prayers for the victims and their families.
Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte and 23, out of 26 members of the City Council undergo drug testing at the Sangguniang Panlungsod on Tuesday, September 6. All of them tested negative for illegal drugs. (Maria Patricia C. Borromeo/davaotoday.com)
Students of the Ateneo de Davao University give free hugs to those who visit the memorial site of the deadly blast in Roxas avenue, Davao City that killed at least 14 people. The Project Free Hugs is organized by various local and media groups with a hope to uplift the morale of the local residents after the tragedy. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)
More than a thousand residents and local leaders gathered at the blast site along Roxas avenue here to light candles and offer prayers for the victims on Saturday afternoon, September 3.
