LOADING UP. A pump attendant fills up a vehicle at a gasoline station along Quirino Avenue in Davao City yesterday. Petroleum companies implemented another round of price increases in gasoline, kerosene and diesel yesterday, five days before Christmas. LEAN DAVAL JR.

LOADING UP. A pump attendant fills up a vehicle at a gasoline station along Quirino Avenue in Davao City yesterday. Petroleum companies implemented another round of price increases in gasoline, kerosene and diesel yesterday, five days before Christmas. LEAN DAVAL JR.

MAKING DO. Young boys make a fishing boat their play area while the owner prepares for his fishing equipment before sailing out to the Davao Gulf, at a coastal community near Magsaysay Park in Davao city yesterday. LEAN DAVAL JR.
COMVAL TO DAVAO DE ORO. Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Compostela Valley Provincial Director Lucky Siegfred Balleque bares the proposed change of name of Compostela Valley Province to Davao de Oro, a move initiated by ComVal Province Governor Tyron Uy. Balleque made the disclosure during yesterday’s DTI 11 presentation of the agency’s 2016 accomplishments and next year’s plans. LEAN DAVAL JR.