Davao City Police Chief Ronald dela Rosa assured the public that security measures are in place to protect participants and tourists in the ongoing Kadayawan Festival. Dela Rosa asked tourists to observe rules the police will implement during the activities. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)
A teenage girl and young brother bear the midday sun as they push their cart full of ukay-ukay goods from Bankerohan public market to Magallanes Street. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)
This woman vendor comes prepared for the afternoon heat on Sunday with a hat and shirt for cover. Vendors are now busy all over the streets with the Kadayawan events. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)
Youth in indigenous garb rehearsing a dance at People’s Park for Friday’s opening ceremony of the 28th Kadayawan Festival, an event celebrating the ten Lumad and Muslim tribes that inhabit the city. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)
The giant ‘Bounty Basket’ filled with fruits such as pineapple, durian and banana signify Davao’s agriculture bounty during the opening ceremonies of the 2013 Kadayawan Festival Friday at People’s Park. Mayor Duterte has greenlight the festival after tight security measures are put in place. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)
The Department of Social Welfare and Development XI claims these Matigsalug children from Davao City’s Baguio District attending Friday’s observance of the World Indigenous Peoples Day at the Royal Mandaya Hotel are part of the IP beneficiaries who comprise 38.5% of the total 188,501 DSWD’s Pantawid Pamilya recipients. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)
Energy Secretary Carlos Jericho L. Petilla (left) briefs business leaders during the Mindanao Business Conference that stable power supply in Mindanao will come by 2015 mostly from coal power plants, which is a cause of concern for environment advocates (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)
President Benigno Aquino III delivers his keynote to the Mindanao Business Conference in SMX Convention Center in SM Lanang on August 8, saying his government is focusing on peace, power reform and tapping potential on Mindanao’s agriculture, tourism and infrastructure. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)
Activists seem to split up the phalanx of police during the arrival of President Benigno Aquino III at SM Lanang to address the Mindanao Business Conference on August 8. The group disputed Aquino’s claim of ‘inclusive growth’ when poverty is rising in the country. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)
President Benigno Aquino III promised business leaders that government will bring more infrastructure, surplus in power supply and funds to support the region’s economy heading towards the ASEAN 2015 integration during his keynote at the 22nd Mindanao Business Conference on August 8 at SMX Convention Center at SM Lanang. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)
