Two girls walk with their parents as they enter the San Isidro farm in Barangay San Isidro, Madaum in Tagum City on Thursday, May 18. The agrarian reform beneficiaries rejoice over their successful installation in the contested land. (Paulo C. Riza/davaotoday.com)
President Rodrigo Duterte takes time to pay his last respects to the late Democrita de Castro, mother of the President’s security aide Senior Inspector Ellen de Castro during a wake visit in Tagum City, Davao del Norte on May 18,
Engr. Valentin S. Saludes III (2nd from right), vice president and plant manager of Therma South Incorporated lead the signing of a memorandum of agreement on Tuesday, May 16, with the representatives of barangays Inawayan in Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur; Binugao in Toril Davao City; and the Environmental Management Bureau of DENR-11 for the implementation of “Adopt an Estero/Waterbody Program”. (Alexander Lopez/davaotoday.com)
PAGASA Mindanao Regional Services Division Officer-in-charge, Engr. Anthony Joseph R. Lucero announces that additional early warning devices will be installed in various communities in Davao region to beef up disaster prevention, during a press conference held on May 17 at The Ritz Hotel at Garden Oases, Davao City (Robby Joy Salveron/davaotoday.com)
Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Secretary Jesus G. Dureza says that people should look at the work of peace as something not only to address conflict but to actually build relationships. He also urges the 36 youth participants of the first Mindanao-wide Youth Peace Table to do their own part to contribute to the so-called concept of peace, held at Davao Medical School Foundation on May 16.(Robby Joy Salveron/davaotoday.com)
Davao Board of Realtors Foundation, Inc. President Hardinado V. Patnugot Jr., and Philippine Association of Real Estate Boards Inc. Mindanao Vice President Roy C. Rabor announce their YAKAP campaign to warn the public not to transact with unlicensed land agents in a press conference held in SM CIty Davao on Monday, May 15. (Robby Joy Salveron/davaotoday.com)
Davao Investors Cooperative President Josefino Tupas, United Investors/Innovators Organizations of the Philippines (UIIOP) Interim Chairman Virgilio Sangutan(center) and Founding President of Inventors, Scientists and Innovators of the Philippines (ISIP) Dennis Y. Mercader(right), call to support the House Bill 928 that will establish a commission for investors and innovators in the country during a press conference, Monday, May 15. (Robby Joy Salveron/davatoday.com)
Vice President Leni Robredo speaks at the Pamulaan Center for Indigenous People’s Education inside the University of Southeastern Philippines Mintal Campus in Davao City, where she attends the opening of the National Indigenous People’s Education Festival as guest speaker. Robredo talks about her program “Angat Buhay” which aims to uplift the lives of Filipinos, especially the indigenous on Monday, May 15. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Kilusang Mayo Uno Regional Council Chairperson Rodney Baslot (left) and Southern Mindanao Spokesperson Carlo Olalo rip apart a copy of the Department of Labor and Employment’s Direct Order 167, as a symbolic rejection of DOLE’s solution in “ending” the end of contract scheme in a press conference on Thursday, May 11 in Davao City. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Davao City Jail Warden Jail Supterintendent Grace Taculin bares the site development plans of the new City Jail in a press conference on Wednesday, May 10. The facility, which will be constructed in an eight hectare lot in Baranggay Wangan, Calinan will provide sports facilities and an organic farm for the inmates, among others. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)