Lawyer Raul Nadela, Jr., chief of staff of the City Mayor’s Office heads the launching of the 24/7 Kean Gabriel Hotline, which will receive complaints against child abuse on Friday, Oct.28. Nadela said the hotline number 0908-818-4444 will also entertain other complaints and emergencies. The hotline was named after three-year-old Kean Gabriel Agustin, who died due to alleged maltreatment by his stepfather on August 24. (Earl O. Condeza)
An art’s and sign artist along Fr. Selga Street, in a public cemetery in Davao City rushes his work to deliver gravestones, locally known as lapida, before the observance of All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
President Rodrigo Duterte examines the symbolic lamp that represents the commitment of various agencies to address the issue of malnutrition and hunger among the marginalized sectors in Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao during the launch of the Comprehensive Reform and Development Agenda for ARMM and other Conflict-Affected Areas in Regions 9, 10, and 12 at Shariff Kabunsuan Cultural Complex in Cotabato City on Saturday, Oct. 29. Also in the photo are Department of Social Welfare and Development Undersecretary Mae Fe Templa and ARMM Governor Mujiv Hataman. (SIMEON CELI JR./PPD)
A woman walks across the corner of Magallanes and Torres Street, Davao City, which undergo road improvement. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
Electricians fix the telephone line of Philippine Long Distance Telephone (PLDT) along Magallanes street in Bangkerohan, Davao City to upgrade their services of their clients. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
A 45-year-old fruit vendor, Alan Coquilla, tends to his durian display at the Bangkerohan public market in Davao City. He has been selling fruits for 13 years where he gets the income to send his five children to school. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
President Rodrigo Duterte shows on Thursday night, Oct. 27 the Philippines “drug industry”, a compilation of names of personalities involved in drugs. He said the cost of treatment and rehabilitation of the persons on the list could reach P1 trillion. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)
Protesting farmers temporarily stay at the gymnasium in Barangay 5-A Bankerohan, Davao City as they held dialogues and rallies in various government agencies to demand for assistance to aid them in recovering from the effects of dry spell. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
Thousands of farmers, mostly indigenous peoples, in Southern Mindanao march to the Department of Social Work and Development Office (DSWD) in Davao City on Wednesday morning, Oct. 26 to demand the release of their calamity fund in the aftermath of the long dry spell in 2015 toward summer of this year. They march back to their temporary shelter in barangay Barangay 5-A Bankerohan Gym, Davao City. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
Red Batario of the International National Safety Institute discusses the role of journalists during disasters in a two-day seminar titled “Covering Disasters and Emergencies” organized by the the Peace and Conflict Journalism Network Philippines, Inc.- Oxford Community for Famine Relief (PECOJON-OXFAM) held on Oct. 26 in Quezon City, Philippines. (Maria Patricia C. Borromeo/davaotoday.com)
