Brigadier General Ronnie Evangelista, Deputy Commander of the Eastern Mindanao Command claims the threats of communist insurgency remain significant in the area of Eastmincom. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Workers of a local radio station in Davao City picket the office of the National Conciliation and Mediation Board (NCMB) in Quimpo Boulevard on Thursday, February 18 after its Philippine Association of Volunteer Arbitrators junked the demand for wage increase of workers of the Radio Mindanao Network (RMN) Davao Employees Union (RDEU). Union President, Efren Armilla (holding microphone) said the wage demand was included in their collective bargaining agreement. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
Fire razed at least 40 houses in a coastal village here on Wednesday, February 17.
Pedrita Demakiling, Social Welfare Officer IV of the Department of Social and Welfare Development Region XI, says the 14-year-old minor who was injured during an alleged encounter of government troops and rebels in Pantukan, Compostela Valley Province is now in their custody. The military claims that the minor is a member of the New People's Army. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
A Manobo elder from Talaingod, Davao del Norte observes a volunteer trying her bead work inside an evacuation center in a church-owned compound in Davao City. The old woman still manages to make a traditional handicraft despite her half-blindness. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)