In Pictures

Culinary students check the wedding cakes of various competing teams on display during the three-day Davao Culinary Cup 2024 at the atrium of SM Lanang Premier in Davao City on Thursday. LEAN DAVAL JR

Fish vendors wait for customers at the wet section inside the new Agdao Public Market in Davao City on Wednesday. LEAN DAVAL JR

Barangay captain Omar Vincent Duterte leads the celebration of the recently concluded 29th Araw ng Barangay Buhangin. (PR)

A worker cuts down a tree in Lanang, Davao City on Friday as part of the preparations for the start of the civil works for the Samal Island-Davao City Connector (SIDC) Project. A total of 199 trees will be affected by the said project. LEAN DAVAL JR

Worldbex Services International founding chairman Joseph Ang, together with Presidential Assistant for Eastern Mindanao Secretary Leo Tereso Magno, Tourism Davao Region director Tanya Rabat-Tan, Department of Trade and Industry 11 (DTI 11)  acting regional director Romeo Castañaga and other key officials, leads the opening of the Philippine Building and Construction Exposition (Philbex) Davao 2024 and the Travel and Leisure Expo (TLEX) Davao 2024 at SMX Convention Center in Lanang, Davao City on Thursday. LEAN DAVAL JR

A worker welds a huge metal component that will be used for the foundation of a column for the 862.83-meter Ulas flyover in Davao City on Wednesday. LEAN DAVAL JR

High school students ignore the blistering heat as they ride bicycle to school in Matina Aplaya, Davao City on Monday afternoon. LEAN DAVAL JR

Men use umbrella to protect themselves from the heavy downpour as they cross the street in Davao City on Tuesday. LEAN DAVAL JR

Philippine Basketball Association’s (PBA’s) TNT Tropang Giga players Dabawenyo Gryann Mendoza (leftmost), Jayson ‘The Blur’ Castro (rightmost), Glenn Khobuntin (center) and Poy Erran (2nd from right) from Cagayan de Oro, together with 8-time PBA champion ‘The Scoring Apostle’ Peter June Simon, meet the Davao media during a press conference for the second leg of PLDT Home’s Fiber Fastbreak series held at The Royal Mandaya Hotel on Saturday. LEAN DAVAL JR

Police Regional Office 11 (PRO 11) outgoing director Brig. Gen. Alden Delvo receives a replica of his badge from Philippine National Police (PNP) deputy chief for operations Lt. Gen. Michael John Dubria during a retirement honors for him held at Camp Sgt. Quintin Merecido in Buhangin, Davao City on Thursday.LEAN DAVAL JR