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A spectator points his mobile phone’s camera on the large screen display to capture the moment when outgoing Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio takes her oath as the country’s newly elected vice president before Supreme Court Associate Justice Ramon Paul Hernando on Sunday, June 19, 2022. (davaotoday.com photo by Kath Cortez)

Advocates and government employees light candles at the city amphitheater in Cagayan de Oro City during the International AIDS Candlelight Memorial on May 15, 2022. In one of its reports, the US National Center for Biotechnology Information said “HIV crisis in the Philippines has worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic”. (Jigger Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

Youth activists staged a rally in front of the Davao City Council during its session Tuesday as they urged councilors and candidates of the local elections to oppose the city government's waste-to-energy project and instead promote zero waste solutions as the better alternative that will do less harm to the environment. (Photo by Kath Cortez/davaotoday.com)

Around 6,000 Kakampinks show their support to presidentiable Leni Robredo during the campaign rally "Kalinaw Dabaw" held in the Davao del Sur coliseum on March 24 Thursday.

Progressive groups led by Gabriela Southern Mindanao chapter commemorate International Women's Day on March 8 with a rally in Freedom Park at Roxas Avenue. The groups raised issues such as justice for the Lumad school volunteer teachers and health worker slain in New Bataan; the junking of the Oil Deregulation Law that has triggered high price of fuel; and new leadership in the coming 2022 election. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)