Peace advocates here officially launch the Mindanao Week of Peace on Thursday, Nov. 24 at the Ateneo the Davao De University along Roxas St., Davao City. The event calls for a collective Filipino spirit to support the peace talks between the communist NDFP and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
Overseas Filipino worker Erlinda Cagalitan wails near the coffin of her 2-year old son, John Earl at the Davao Memorial Park on Wednesday Nov. 23. The boy died after being beaten by his guardian in Calinan, Davao City. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte attends the burial of John Earl Cagalitan, the 2-year old boy who died after being beaten by a guardian. The boy’s remains were laid to rest at the Davao Memorial Park on Wednesday, Nov. 23. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
A student of the Ateneo de Davao University carries a placard during the anti-Marcos burial rally in front of the university in Davao City on Wednesday, Nov. 23. The placard says there are a lot of apologists for the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, but there was never an apology from the Marcos family. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
The National Economic and Development Authority launches its “Ambisyon Natin 2040” program for Davao Region, which aims to eradicate hunger and poverty by year 2040. (Earl O. Condeza/davaotoday.com)
Councilor Halila Y. Sudagar, Indigenous People mandatory representative to the city council, gives update on the Halal ordinance for supermarkets to provide a separate lane for Halal items. Sudagar said her office is still lobbying for the implementation of the ordinance. (Earl O. Condeza/davaotoday.com)
Award-winning writer Don Pagusara joins the candle lighting ceremony conducted by the students of Ateneo de Davao University to condemn the hero’s burial of former President Ferdinand Marcos on Monday, November 21 in front of Ateneo de Davao University in Roxas Avenue. Pagusara was among the thousands of activists who were abducted, tortured, and jailed during the Martial Law.(Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Overseas Workers’ Welfare Agency XI Regional Director Eduardo Bellido says he is planning to craft a policy that will prevent mothers from leaving their young children in the hands of guardians in order to work abroad. Bellido’s comments came after a toddler from Calinan district in Davao City died due to beating by his guardians last week. (By Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
It’s fishing time for girls in a village in the Island Garden City of Samal as they enjoy the weekend. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)
Temogen Tulawie, a Sulu-based human rights activist files a complaint against Sulu Vice Gov. Abdusakur Tan, Senator Leila de Lima, and lawyers Wendell F. Sotto, and Mehol K. Sandain, former chairperson of the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos for allegedly financing terrorist group Abu Sayyaf at the Office of the Ombudsman for Mindanao Friday, Nov. 18. (Earl O. Condeza/davaotoday.com)
