A Chinese dragon takes a ride along Magsaysay Avenue during Thursday's parade in Davao City's Chinatown welcoming the Chinese New Year. (Medel Hernani/ davaotoday.com)
Students and faculty of University of the Philippines Mindanao stage a rehearsal for the worldwide campaign of One Billion Rising Against Injustice set this February 14, where millions will staged dances in advocating an end to impunity and social injustice to women and children worldwide. (Earl O. Condeza/ davaotoday.com)
Chinese lanterns adore the ceiling of SM Ecoland to welcome the Chinese New Year on January 31. The year 2014 signals the Year of the Wooden Horse according to Chinese astrology. (Medel V. Hernani/ davaotoday.com)
The Davao Chinatown Development Council unveiled a prototype street sign along Monteverde-Lizada featuring Chinese dragons holding durians atop their mouths to symbolize the uniqueness of Davawenyo Chinese. The council will build 60 street signs in the streets of Chinatown until mid-2014. (Tyrone A. Velez/davaotoday.com)
Mayor Rodrigo Duterte scolded taxicab drivers and operators in a meeting Monday on complaints from passengers at the Davao International Airport that taxi drivers there did not charge metered rates and asked for certain fare rates. The mayor has repeatedly warned drivers about such practices as it ruins the reputation of the city. (Ace R. Morandante, davaotoday.com)