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? On September 26, Davao City was given the Presidential award for the fifth time since 1998 as the Most Child-friendly City, but ?Maria Luisa Bermudo, chief of the City Social Service and Development Office says that the award was a product of the efforts of the city's various departments, civil society organizations, people's organizations, and barangay councils.(Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Digna Salmasan of the City Health Office says that the dengue cases in the city have gone down through the efforts of the community down to the barangay level. The decreased number of dengue cases is good news not just to the patients and their families, but to the personnel of the CHO as well. Mayor Sara Duterte had earlier threatened to sack CHO officials if the number of dengue cases, which had reached more than 4,000 since January, would not decrease. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) Philippines opens the Deeper Scars photo exhibit, featuring photojournalist Vicente Jaime Villafranca at the Marco Polo Hotel in Davao City on Tuesday, September 27, 2016. The exhibit uses 20x30 panels to depict stories of children and adults in Typhoon Yolanda-affected areas who fall prey to international and domestic trafficking. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)

Government peace panel member Hernani Braganza (second from right), says both the government and the National Democratic Front are sincere and committed to not spoil the peace process. Braganza, who heads the government's working group on socio-economic reforms briefed Army officials at the Eastern Mindanao Command in Naval Station Felix Apolinario in Panacan, Davao City on Tuesday morning, September 27, 2016. He also met with members of civil-society organizations. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)