Rene Delayon of the Federation of Cooperatives in Mindanao announces the organization of the Banana Congress 2016 which will gather the different sectors of the Banana industry to “address every challenge that affects this major dollar-earning industry.” The congress will be held on October 6-7, 2016. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Engr. Alexis F. Balicod of the Mindanao Association of Mining Engineers (MAEM) Inc. says that they should have been invited at the Mindanao environment summit recently held at the Ateneo de Davao University on Friday, August 5, so that they could show that “the big scale miners are the responsible miners.”
National Development Corporation (NADECOR) Community Development Manager Jojo Bañez laments how the big scale mining companies have become the “whipping boy” of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, while the “irresponsible” small scale miners have largely been left to their own devices. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Around 600 ukay-ukay stall owners converge in Almendras Gym, Davao City to secure permits to conduct business in the Roxas Night Market, where only 137 will be selected by way of drawing of lots. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
DAVAO CITY — Around 1:00 am Sunday, August 7, President Rodrigo Duterte visits the wake of four soldiers killed in…
Mothers and babies gather at the Caduceus Hall, Davao Doctor’s College in Malvar Street, Davao City on Saturday, August 6 to join the worldwide simultaneous breastfeeding event called the Global Big Latch On. The local event is dubbed, Hakab Na and aims to normalize breastfeeding and educate mothers and their families of the benefits of breastfeeding. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Gina Lopez receives a necklace from a Lumad woman during her visit at the United Church of Christ in the Philippines Haran compound, in Father Selga Street, Davao City, on Friday, August 5.(Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
No, she is not singing. Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Gina Lopez is encouraging the youth to actively take part in the fight to preserve the country’s natural resources during the State of the Mindanao Environment held at the Martin Hall of the Ateneo de Davao University Thursday afternoon, August 4. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
After President Rodrigo Duterte placed Fr. Joel Tabora’s hand on his forehead as a sign of respect, the Ateneo de Davao University President repeats the gesture after Duterte’s speech in the Mindanao Environmental Summit 2016 dubbed, “Oya Mindanao!” at the Ateneo de Davao University on Thursday afternoon, August 4. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Eastern Mindanao Commander Lt. Gen. Rey Leonardo Guerrero denies the Army’s connection to Butsoy Salusad and the New Indigenous People’s Army (Nipar). According to eyewitnesses, Salusad and his group strafed a wedding celebration in Sitio Tibugawan, Barangay Kawayan, San Fernando, Bukidnon, last Saturday, July 30, killing one pregnant woman and wounding four children. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
