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President Benigno Aquino III (center) and Erramon Aboitiz (second from right), Aboitiz Equity Ventures president and CEO, lead the ceremonial switching of Therma South Inc's 300-megawatt coal-fired power plant in Barangay Binugao, Toril district in Davao City on Friday. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

As part of their strict security measure, members of the Philippine National Police and the Presidential Security Group confiscate the personal belongings of visitors and members of the media during the inauguration of the 300-megawatt coal-fired power plant in Barangay Binugao,Toril district, Davao City on Friday. The inauguration was graced by President Benigno Aquino III and other local officials. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

Dr. Josephine J. Villafuerte, chief of the City Health office says that the programs of the government-owned Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) are good, but they lack personnel that is why some patients are not immediately attended to. Villafuerte reacted to the recent stabbing incident against a doctor and a nurse in SPMC by the father of a patient.(Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

After a press conference, student leaders and campus journalists from the University of the Philippines, who visited the indigenous peoples evacuees in a church compound in Davao City on Wednesday, join a Panubadtubad ritual done by Lumad leaders. The ritual was said to be an offer for the safe journey of the students. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)