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Capt Giselle Bendong (left) takes the control of Air Asia's Z2611 flight that cruises the Davao-Manila-Davao route. Beside her is Atty Joy Cañeba, Air Asia chief executive officer, who takes pride in the company's record of having women composing 40 percent of the crew. The recent Davao-Manila-Davao flight has the first all-female crew in the history of Philippine Air Asia. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

A mobile shoe repair man rushes the repair of sandals and shoes for display at Rizal Park. He is anticipating an increase in needs on graduation day. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)

An elderly woman crosses a downtown street in Davao City wearing socks and an umbrella to protect her from the El Nino heat. As many as 11,000 farmers are expected to be affected by the dry spell. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)

To commemorate the 45th year of Earth Day, environmental advocates will hold an Earth Day Family Adventure Run this coming April 19 at Tugbok District. The earth day event aims to recreate the spirit of a people standing up for environmental protection. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

Eric Clark Su of the Twidl Inc. created an application for IOS and Android phones to make it easy and convenient for tourists to find places to visit in Davao. The Department of Tourism Region XI partnered with Su in creating the app. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)