Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte gets the celebrity treatment as he poses with delegates in the National Convention of the Philippine Association of Water Districts at SMX Convention Center. (Ace Morandante/ davaotoday.com)
Activists staged a picket at the entrance of Waterfront Hotel during a public consultation Thursday on amendments on the EPIRA law, in which groups such as Bayan called for its repeal as it pushes monopoly of corporations on the energy sector. (Ace R. Morandante/ davaotoday.com)
MAYOR WELCOMES INDONESIAN COMMANDER. Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte (center) welcomes Indonesian Military Area Command Major General Tril Bachtiar (right) and party who attended the Philippine-Indonesian Border Committee Chairman's Conference with the AFP Eastern Mindanao Command. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Senator Ralph Recto speaks to reporters after his keynote speech calling for more government budget and support to some 800 local water districts during the Convention of the Philippine Association of Water Districts held in SMX Convention Center. (Ace R. Morandante, davaotoday.com)
