As the fourth PhilConstruct Mindanao convention opened here Thursday, its chair Ramon Allado said Davao is leading the Mindanao construction industry, which could possibly draw close to half a million workers and a 15-times multiplier in income for the local economy. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)
OIC Director of CSC Davao City Field Office Evelyn B. Yparraguirre announces during Thursday’s I-Speak forum the coming October 2013 Civil Service Exams is open for all those who plan to seek employment in government office. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)
UP Mindanao Student Government President Malaya Genotiva announces the formation of Youth Act Now, a youth alliance calling for the scrapping of the pork barrel and re-channeling the fund to state colleges and universities. At right is Kabataan Partylist regional coordinator Rendell Ryan Cagula. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)
An electric lineman braves the midday heat as he fixed a line in an intersection along JP Laurel Avenue Davao City (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)
Ret. Col. Yusop Jimlani, head of the city’s demolition team said their enforcement of the rule is not meant to demolish vendors from their livelihood but to ‘rearrange’ vending stalls to decongest sidewalks. He appeals to sidewalk vendors to follow the city’s rule to occupy only one-third of the sidewalk so not to congest traffic of passersby. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)