ALA Promotions presents the boxers scheduled to fight on Saturday in Davao City. They are presented to the press at the Mandaya Hotel. WBO International Jr. Welterweight champion Jason “El Niño” Pagara (2nd to the Left) and Mexican challenger, Cesar “El Dolar” Chavez will fight in the main event at the University of Southeastern Philippines. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Amidst the various calls to launch an all-out war against the Moro fighters after the Mamasapano incident, Fr. Joel Tabora SJ, president of the Ateneo de Davao University offers prayers for peace and justice during the Walk for Peace activity by private schools in the city Wednesday afternoon. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Thousands of teachers and students from private schools in Davao City marched from Roxas Avenue to Rizal Park to call for peace and justice amid the prodding of certain personalities to launch an all out war in Mindanao. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
House representatives from the progressive Makabayan bloc in Congress say President Benigno Aquino III is unfit to rule and has betrayed public trust following the fatal Mamasapano encounter and the latest Supreme Court decision on the unconstitutionality of the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP). (Contributed photo)
Davao’s militant teachers led by ACT TEACHERS President Elenito Escalante say that the latest Memorandum No. 169, 2014 on Annual Physical Examination issued by Department of Education Davao City division which mandates the teachers to have a mandatory drug and neurological tests is “degrading and insulting”. Teachers also lament that it is an added burden for them who will pay for the exams. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
Davao activists trample on a makeshift US flag as part of their protest of the alleged US intervention in the Mamasapano encounter during the commemoration of the Fil-Am War Wednesday. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Members of the City council takes a photo-ops of the new Department of Tourism Regional Director Roberto P. Alabado III. Alabado was the City Planning and Development Officer during Mayor Inday Sara Duterte’s term. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Davao City 3rd District councilor Karlo S. Bello says they will continue to amend the existing resolution that can appoint the head of the city for the IP representative. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
A mother sleeps with her newborn baby inside the evacuation center in Barangay Balit, San Luis Agusan del Sur. (Contributed photo)
A Banwaon woman is cooking rice for her family in the evacuation center in Barangay Balit, San Luis, Agusan del Sur where more than 900 individuals are housed. (Contributed photo)