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Participants of the tree planting organized by the City Environment and Natural Resources Office (Cenro) early morning Saturday in Barangay 26-D, Davao City pose for the camera while planting mangrove seedlings. They say the mangroves will protect the community from huge sea waves. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)

Drainage Management Unit chief, Yusop Jimlani (right), warns that sidewalk vendors inToril District in Davao City may face demolition if they would reject the option for a night market. The concept worked well in downtown Davao and Jimlani said other alternatives would have to be worked out to avoid demolishing their makeshift stores along the streets. The barangay council in Toril has requested the City Mayor's Office last year to establish night market. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)

CSSDO QRTCC-Center Head, Minda Silvano expresses their limitation in handling minors rescued during curfew. The City Social Services and Development Office has been assigned to rescue and take care of minors loitering during the 10 pm- 4 am curfew. Mayor Rodrigo Duterte told the CSSDO to bring the children to the police station, not to imprison them but to secure and protect them from harm on the street. The problem is that, Silvano said, children usually go back to the street after they are turned over to their parents. Previously, there are 20 to 30 minors rescued daily, Silvano said, but added this has gone down to five per day. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)

63 years old Melvin Bayancian, a Dibabawon-Mangowangan tribal elder in Sitio Bango, Barangay Ngan, Compostela, Compostela Valley Province calls for protest against the exploration of 12,000 hectares in the area. The Agusan Petroleum and Mineral Corporation has been granted mining rights in five barangays in Compostela. Settlers and tribal farmers demanded the cancellation of the exploration permit in a protest held in front the office of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau region XI on Thursday. (Ace R.Morandante/davaotoday.com)

Committee on Human Rights vice chairperson and councilor Leah Librado-Yap asks the police who investigated the strafing incident in Paradise Embac, Paquibato District, Davao City last June 14, why they only arrived at about noon of the next day to investigate. Beside her is Councilor Karlo S. Bello, committee chairman during the hearing held on Wednesday. (Medel Hernani/davaotoday.com)