In Pictures

Market goers choose from a display of sugar coated peanuts, fried peanuts, fish crackers and other snack items at a store inside Bankerohan Public Market in Davao City on Monday. LEAN DAVAL JR

Aspins wait for their ‘share’ while customers dine at the baywalk in Barangay Caganguhan in Panabo City, Davao del Norte on Sunday. The baywalk is a popular weekend destination among local residents to unwind and eat a variety of street food. MINDANEWS PHOTO

Miguel Rene A. Dominguez (L), President of the General Santos City Chamber of Commerce, Inc. moderates the open forum after the session on Mining at the 33rd Mindanao Business Conference in General Santos City on 13 September 2024. Ronald Recideoro, Executive Director of the Chamber of Mines, discussed Opportunities in Developing Critical Minerals in Mindanao while Atty. Joan D. Adaci-Cattiling, President and General Manager, Legal & Corporate Affairs of OceanaGold Philippines, Inc., shared the OceanaGold Experience of Mining as an Inclusive Business Operation. MindaNews photo by GREGORIO C. BUENO

Municipal Administrator Rhosatina Matolo inquires with a Sama Badjau fisherman how the community’s dried fish productivity can be improved in this photo taken Wednesday (11 September 2024) in the island of Dalo-dalo, Sapa-sapa municipality in Tawi-Tawi. In collaboration with the municipal government, Relief International, Community and Family Services International, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees are exploring ways to address the risks of statelessness among this group of people. The initiative is supported by the Government of Japan. MindaNews photo by JULES L. BENITEZ

Vice President Sara Duterte conducts a book reading session with select children from various child centers in Davao City during her visit at the modern Davao City Library and Information Center, a project that was realized during her helm as the city's mayor. The vice president also donated books to the library. FB page of Inday Sara Duterte

Students of Jose Maria College inside the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) compound in Buhangin, Davao City rejoice upon knowing the decision of Regional Trial Court Branch 15 granting the KOJC a temporary protection order against the Department of the Interior and Local Goverment (DILG) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) on Tuesday. LEAN DAVAL JR

Maranao dancers perform at the terrace of the Maranao house or torogan to entertain the onlookers and visitors at the Kadayawan Cultural Village inside Magsaysay Park in Davao City. LEAN DAVAL JR

A worker slices a portion from a 40-kilo lechon for a customer at a lechon house along Chavez Street in Davao City on Monday. The sector has expressed its concern of a possible hog supply shortage due to the recent African swine fever (ASF) outbreak that is affecting the swine industry in the country.LEAN DAVAL JR

Dump trucks each carrying 36 cubic meters of coal on Saturday negotiate a detour route due to a damaged bridge in Barangay Upo, Maitum, Sarangani province. Hundreds of these trucks transport coal from mine sites in barangay Ned, Lake Sebu town, South Cotabato, to a port in Kalaong, Maitum. MindaNews photo by ROMMEL REBOLLIDO

Rodrigo "Rigo" Duterte II tries one of the delicacies of Obu-Manuvu tribe during the opening of the 39th Kadayawan sa Davao Festival at the Kadayawan Cultural Village inside Magsaysay Park on Thursday. LEAN DAVAL JR