The 2017 Mindanao Trade Expo formally opens on Friday, August 11 at the Abreeza Mall in Davao City and features locally-made products from Mindanao. The event will run until August 20. (Alex D. Lopez/davaotoday.com)
The 11 candidates to this year’s Hiyas ng Kadayawan pose for the cameras in a press conference on Thursday, August 10 at the Star Hotel in Davao City. The candidates were selected by their tribes to represent them to the competition which will be held on August 18. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Members of Lumad group Kalumaran Mindanao hold a picket at San Pedro Street in observance of the International Day of the Indigenous Peoples on Wednesday, August 9. The group also announced the Lakbayan 2017, where thousands of Lumad and Moro people will travel to the capital for a protest caravan. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
(L-R) Indonesian Consulate Consul General, Berlian Napitupulu, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte and Malaysian Consulate Representative Hon. Saiful Nizam Wahid lead the ceremonial lighting of the the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) lantern held in front of the City Hall, Tuesday, August 8. (More…) (Robby Joy D. Salveron/davaotoday.com)
Ruel Cololot (left) and Ramil Cololot (right) languish behind bars after they were arrested by authorities on August 2 in Quezon town, Bukidnon province. Authorities claimed improvised explosives and firearms were found in their possession and accused them of being members of the New People’s Army. The two however, deny the accusations, saying they were ordinary farmers. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
An estimate of 200 mothers from Davao region participate in the national simultaneous breastfeeding during the 2017 Hakab Na held at the CAP Auditorium Art Center on Saturday, August 5. (More…) (Robby Joy D. Salveron/davaotoday.com)
Jay Apiag, Karapatan Southern Mindanao Region, holds a photo of propaganda posters declaring Karapatan, Gabriela, Bayan Muna, and Anakpawis as supporters of the New People’s Army. Apiag called this acts of red-baiting, which results to real harm for activists in a press conference on Friday, July 4 in Davao City. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
A government-owned trailer truck carries an army tank as it was unloaded at the Iligan City port. Several tanks arrived Thursday evening, Aug. 3 on board the Philippine Navy’s BRP Davao Del Sur to support the ongoing military operations against the Daesh-inspired extremists in Marawi City. (Divina M. Suson/davaotoday.com)
Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte takes a group selfie with the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team who graduated the 15-day SWAT advance course on Thursday, August 3 at the Davao City Police Office grounds. (Robby Joy D. Salveron/davaotoday.com)
Members of the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team demonstrate proper handcuffing in a supposed raid during the skills demonstration at the Davao City Police Office (DCPO) grounds Thursday, Aug. 3. The demonstration was held during the SWAT Team’s Advance Course Closing Ceremony where 48 new SWAT members graduated.(Robby Joy D. Salveron/davaotoday.com)
