A Tigwahanon mother, one of the survivors of the indiscriminate firing, nurses her child outside the multi-purpose hall of town center in Barangay Kawayan, San Fernando, Bukidnon. (Earl O. Condeza/davaotoday.com)
Lyn Tan, Vice President of LATCH Davao says that myths about breastfeeding hinder mothers to succeed in breastfeeding. LATCH or Lactation, Attachment, Training, Counseling and Help, has several activities, mostly breastfeeding talks in barangay, to help promote and protect breastfeeding. The month of August is the International Breastfeeding Month. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
Film enthusiasts line up in Abreeza Mall's Cinema 2 to watch the film "Miss Bulalacao" by Ara Chawdhury, one of the Filipino films included in the Dutch-Filipino Film Festival which opened on Saturday night, July 30. The event will also screen Dutch and Filipino films for free at the Cinematheque Davao from August 2-5, 2016. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Marciano B. Betalas, a butterfly breeder for five years now, says weather patterns affects butterfly reproduction. Rainy seasons, he said, generally result to fewer butterflies surviving into adulthood since it is also during this time that other predatory insects proliferate. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
President Rodrigo R. Duterte says the Office of the President spends a minimum of P50,000 to a maximum of P250,000 for cash assistance to a soldier wounded or killed in war. Duterte visited the 60th Infantry Battalion Headquarters at Camp Morgia in Doña Andrea, Asuncion, Davao del Norte on Friday, July 29, 2016 where he met with the Cafgu Active Auxiliary forces who were injured and killed in an NPA attack. (RENE LUMAWAG/PPD)