Barangay captains of Davao City behind the Duterte 2016 Movement claims they had gathered endorsement from local officials from Visayas and Mindanao to push Mayor Rody Duterte for the presidency. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Nearly 4,000 people were caught violating the city’s smoking ordinance last 2013. The city’s anti-smoking task force head Dr. Domeilyn Villareiz said the violators rose 50% from 2012. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Davao City Police Chief Superintendent Vicente Danao announces the deployment of 1,000 police forces to secure public schools for the opening of classes starting with last week’s Brigada Eskwela. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Jimmie Loe dela Vega, director of Davao Association of Colleges and Schools, said tuition increases in Davao schools were set at a ceiling of seven per cent per unit. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
Evelyn Cubelo (with mic) of the BAN Toxics group said they have introduced a mercury-free gold processing facility that will use instead gravity and borax for some 5,000 small scale-miners in Mt. Diwata, Monkayo, Compostela Valley province. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)