George Barriga, a farmer from Brgy. Nueva Fuerza, Tagum City, shows off a big squash which he said is organically grown. Barriga is one of the 27 candidates to be funded by USAID introduced during the launching of Davao Business Incubators Project at a mall along JP Laurel Street. The event was initiated by the Tuazon Development Foundation Inc. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Action star celebrity Robin Padilla asks Mayor Rodrigo Duterte if he will allow them to make a film on Duterte’s life and works. But Mayor Duterte said he will have to consult certain people on the matter. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Two electricians work overtime in repairing the transmission lines along C. M. Recto as DLPC announced that there will be an 8-hour power interruption on Sunday that would affect small and medium-scale establishments.
A signboard maker along C. M. Recto, meticulously cuts through plastic board for sign board patterns. He produces at least ten pieces of jeepney signboard each day and sells it at fifty pesos each. His wife said his income is not enough for their family, “most of the time.”
This kid is one of those who painted their hands to symbolize the pledge for peace and unity in Mindanao during a protest action held in Centennial Park on the 40th day of the Mamasapano incident. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Department of Science and Technology Secretary Mario G. Montejo introduces the Hybrid Weather Monitoring System during the press conference on Friday. The system will last up to 25 years with minimal maintenance. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Women from Barangay 20-B of Davao City join a march for women initiated by the city government on Friday in commemoration of the International Women’s Day. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Two old women of the Badjaos, a sea gypsy tribe, start their morning by begging in front of the San Pedro church in Davao City, while a group of peace advocates in front stages their protest action to call for peace in Mindanao amid the all-out offensives by the armed forces against Moro insurgents. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Ronnie Adel, 62, shows a copy of a photograph of leaders of the Moro defenders in the Philippine’s southwestern island province of Sulu. Adel is a descendant of a survivor of the Bud Dajo Massacre 109 years ago where American troops killed hundreds of Moro warriors and civilians in Bud Dajo, Sulu. (John Rizle L. Saligumba/davaotoday.com)
Members of the women’s group Gabriela picket outside the Commission on Human Rights office in Davao City to demand explanation why there had been no arrest yet of the killers of Rebelyn Pitao, daughter of guerrilla leader Ka Parago. Pitao was killed on March 5, 2009 while she was going home after a days work at a public elementary school outside the city. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
