Barangay hopefuls trooped to the office of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) at Magsaysay Park Friday, marking the first day of the filing of candidacies for the barangay elections.The Comelec set six days for the filing of candidacies to vie for seats in Davao City’s 182 barangays. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)
A tarpaulin pitching election paraphernalia printing is set up in front of the Comelec office at Magsaysay Park attracting would-be candidates. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) regional director Prescila Razon (center) launched the “Bawal ang EPAL Dito” campaign for the upcoming barangay elections. she warns incumbent barangay officials from tapping the deparment’s 4Ps funds intended for indigents to woo votes. Along with her is Department of Interior and Local Government Assistant Regional Director Wilhelm Suyko (left) and Commission on Election Acting Regional Director Tomas S. Valera. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)
Elizabeth Gargar, mother of detained physicist Kim Gargar, broke down in tears as she belied the military’s claim that her son was captured as a New People’s Army in Barangay Aliwagwag, Cateel, Davao Oriental province. Elizabeth and her husband, Manuel (right), are visiting Kim at Mati provincial jail this weekend. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)
Marco Polo Hotel Davao Executive Chef Ed Tuazon (right), announced during Wednesday’s Club 888 media forum that the hotel highlights Bicol delicacies this month prepared by Naga City celebrity chef Leandro Regalado Sto. Domingo (center). (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)
Activists picketed the Armed Forces of the Philippines and Philippine National Police Joint Peace & Security Coordinating Council at the Waterfront Hotel in Lanang, saying the AFP’s military operations resulted to ‘un-peace’ with the displacement of indigenous peoples in Compostela, and the killing of lumad supporter Benjie Planos (in poster) in Loreto, Agusan del Sur. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)
A string of jewelry recovered from slain suspect Roberto Kepti was presented by Talomo Police Station Commander Superintendent Julius Silagan. Kepti, who had two standing warrants of arrests, was shot dead Tuesday afternoon during a shootout with policemen who tracked him in Juna Subdivision, Matina. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)
Student activists picketed the regional Commission on Higher Education (CHED) regional office in Obrero on Monday over the alleged anomaly by education officials and budget secretary Butch Abad to fund the P10-billion CHED-PCARI (Philippine-California Advance Research Institute) Collaboration Research Project. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)
Joseph Hong, managing director of Bosch Philippines initiates the opening of the first Bosch business hub in Davao along Roxas Avenue on Monday. The Germany-based Bosch, one of the global suppliers of industrial tools, technology and services, is completing its coverage of three major regions in the country. (contributed photo)
An elderly beautician applies makeup on an elderly woman during Davao’s Search for 2013 Mutya ng Senior Citizens at SM Annex Davao as part of the Elderly Filipino Week Celebration. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)
