LIKE MARTIAL LAW. Police frisk people carrying backpacks along the route of the Sayawan sa Da'an street dance competition, one of the highlights of the annual Araw ng Davao celebration. Earlier this week, Mayor Rodrigo Duterte said that security precautions during Araw activities will be "like martial law." (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
MUTYA NG DABAW 2014. Winners of the Mutya ng Dabaw 2014 graced the Sayawan sa Da'n street dancing competion, from left to right,Dawn Casquejo Dogma – Sinag ng Davao (2nd Runner-up), Mary Joyce Villanueva – Diwa ng Davao (1st Runner-up), Franchesca Enriquez – Mutya ng Davao, Angelie Villa – Pag-asa ng Davao (3rd Runner-up), Kristine Joy Agcopra – Patnubay ng Davao (4th Runner-up). (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Grace Orot, wife of arrested and jailed truck driver Renante Orot, said her husband never left her side in their 19 years of being together. Grace appeared before the media to appeal the release of her husband and nine others accused of participating in an attack by New People's Army members of the Matanao Police Station March 10. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
KIDNEY IN FOCUS. Nephrologists Dr. Jeanette Ybiernas (left) and Dr. Meldia Anuta announced the city's hosting of the Philippine Society of Nephrology's "Kidney in Focus" post-graduate studies on March 14 and 15 at Apo View Hotel in observance of the World Kidney Day on March 13. (Ace R. Morandante/ davaotoday.com)
TAGUM COOPERATIVE. Tagum City Cooperative Chair of the Board Ms. Miriam Baloyo, one of the guests in a pressconference held yesterday at a big mall along Ecoland St., Davao City, said their membership grew by 10 percent in 2013. (Medel Hernani/davaotoday.com)