UP Diliman Professor Luis V. Teodoro tells participants of the ongoing 18th Lopez Jaena Workshop in Manila that journalism is not just a job but is “one of the means that human beings have devised to understand the world and explain it by providing information through the news and other report” (contributed photo by Trisha Ann Samantha Aligato)
Atty. Prima Jesusa Quinsayas, one of the private prosecutors on the Ampatuan-Maguindanao massacre, presented some updates of the case during the 18th Lopez Jaena Community Journalism Workshop in Manila. (Earl Condeza/davaotoday.com)
Magallanes Elementary School Boy Scouts show their fancy drill performance during BSP Council Palaro 2014 held at the Camp Malagos, Calinan, Davao City. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Magallanes Elementary School Boy Scouts shout out their cheering for their delegation during the fancy drill performance at the Camp Malagos, Calinan where the BSP Council Palaro 2014 was held. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
A banner was placed at the stage of Rizal park by the employees of General Services Office under City Mayors Office. The Davao City government periodically acknowledges Muslim festivities such as the Eid’l Adha Al Saeed, or Peace of Sacrifice this October 6, 2014. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
A street child mimics a religious statue displayed along downtown Bolton street of Davao City. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
[CLICK TO VIEW SLIDESHOW] Davao City public school teachers commemorate the World Teacher’s Day
Lorna B. Mandin, chief of the city’s Integrated Gender Development Division, announces the set of government services to women in need, including those engaged in prostitution. With Talikala Foundation Inc., the IGDD organizes and educates women in prostitution. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
Jeanette Ampog of Talikala Inc. argues that legalizing prostitution will not eradicate the flesh trade in the country. Davao City alone has registered 1,500 women in prostitution doing various jobs in night clubs and bars. Talikala Inc. said that more minors are now engaged in prostitution, most of them not registered. Ana Luisa Calix (right), chairperson of Lawig Bubai, says girls as young as nine are already in the trade and paid P300 for each sexual act. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
Union members of radio station Radio Mindanao Network (RMN) Davao staged a strike starting Thursday October 2 due to the neglect of management to strike a new collective bargaining agreement and repeated harassment of members. (Ace R. Morandante, davaotoday.com)
