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A day after a fire engulfed 350 houses in Barangay Sasa in Davao City on Friday, November 24, Ronald Renton, 29, sits on a makeshift shelter near the national highway. Some residents, like him, are now staying along the highway as the barangay gymnasium cannot accomodate all the affected families.(Kenneth P. Senarillos / davaotoday.com)

Ambassador of Israel to the Philippines Ephraim Ben Matityau receives a warm welcome from teachers and students of Mintal Comprehensive High School in Davao City. Matityau graces the ceremony for the launching of Capacity Building of Teachers on Project Innovation, Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (iSTEAM) (More...) (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano / davaotoday.com)

Department of Science and Technology region 11 officials tour the newly-established Halal Verification Laboratory on Friday, November 24, at the DOST regional office in Davao City. The new laboratory is built to help manufacturers and enterprises speed up verification process of Halal products with lower cost compared to regular laboratory testing. (Robby Joy D. Salveron / davaotoday.com)

City Councilor Mabel Sunga Acosta, chairperson of the committee on public safety presides over the public hearing to discuss the request of the Presidential Security Group (PSG) to ban all forms of protests outside the Department of Public Works and Highways compound which houses the Presidential Guest House in Panacan in Davao City. (More...) (Mara S. Genotiva/davaotoday.com)

Foreign delegates of the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP), journalists and church workers light candles at the St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Maa, Davao City to commemorate the death of 58 individuals, including 32 journalists, on the eighth year anniversary of the Maguindanao massacre on Thursday, November 23. (Medel V. Hernani / davaotoday.com)