In Pictures

Office of the Civil Defense 11 (OCD 11) director Ednar Dayanghirang says during this week's Kapehan sa Dabaw at SM City Davao that at least 600,000 individuals were affected in Davao Region by last week's shear line weather system. LEAN DAVAL JR

Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte visits the wake of the victims of a landslide in Purok 20, Mt. Diwata, Monkayo, Davao de Oro over the weekend. A landslide occured in the area due to incessant rain brought about by the shear line weather system last week. FB page of Inday Sara Duterte

Chinese geotechnical experts, together with Filipino workers, conduct another round of soil sampling for the Samal Island-Davao City Connector (SIDC) Project along Lanang in Davao City over the weekend. LEAND DAVAL JR

A pump attendant fills a vehicle with diesel at a gasoline station in Matina, Davao City on Saturday. Motorists will expect higher fuel prices on Tuesday as petroleum companies will implement an upward adjustment of prices for the third straight week. LEAN DAVAL JR

Hundreds of Dabawenyos led by former President Rodrigo Duterte attend the funeral mass for the late Archbishop Emeritus Fernando Capalla at the San Pedro Cathedral in Davao City on Monday. Edge Davao

A vendor of religious items restores a Sto. Niño by applying paint on the image at the San Pedro Cathedral compound over the weekend. LEAN DAVAL JR

Pedestrians walk pass streamers printed with the phrase "Dabawenyos are not for sale" mounted outside the office of Davao City First Congressional District Representative Paolo "Pulong" Duterte along C. Bangoy Street in Davao City on Thursday. LEAN DAVAL JR

To maintain an orderly operation at Bankerohan Public Market in Davao City, a personnel of the City Economic Enterprise Office roams around the market and remind the vendors using a megaphone on Thursday to always follow the policies and stay at their designated areas. LEAN DAVAL JR

A vendor displays plastic horns at a makeshift stall along Ilustre Street in Davao City on Friday in anticipation of the influx of people who will buy noisemaker items for the upcoming New Year's eve celebration. The Davao City Police Office (DCPO) has reminded Dabawenyos to observe the implementation of the firecracker ban to keep the New Year’s celebration safe and peaceful. LEAN DAVAL JR