City Councilor Marissa Salvador-Abella, said her committee on agriculture will promote agriculture production in the city with focus on cacao. She also mentioned highlights in her trip to Thailand to observe agricultural production. (Ace Morandante/ davaotoday.com)
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The awaited appearance of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte on the Senate’s inquiry helped pinned Davidson Bangayan for his involvement in smuggling imported rice.
The Davao Chinatown Development Council unveiled a prototype street sign along Monteverde-Lizada featuring Chinese dragons holding durians atop their mouths to symbolize the uniqueness of Davawenyo Chinese. The council will build 60 street signs in the streets of Chinatown until mid-2014. (Tyrone A. Velez/davaotoday.com)
Tough-talking Mayor Rodrigo Duterte has carried one stern message all throughout his mayoral tenure to criminals and syndicates: get out of the city or get killed.
City officials are bullish for more investments to pour in because prospective investors are satisfied with the city’s safety regulations.
A man registers for Davao City’s Torotot Festival on New Year’s Eve.
The city aims for the Guinness Book of World Records for gathering the
most number of people at 10,000 to blow horns simultaneously in an
event. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)
As the Christmas season starts, city government staff were seen in the past weeks putting up Christmas decors at the trees fronting the City Hall which lights up the night. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)
“The migration of survivors indicate the rising problem of people having lost trust in government,” said Prof. Mae Templa, who is also a coordinator of Balsa Mindanao.
Davawenyos light candles at Freedom Park during Wednesday’s International Day of Solidarity for Yolanda Victims. Nearly a week after the devastation, the nation has now criticized the government’s slow response to the humanitarian crisis in Leyte and Samar. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)
