No Touch

A good friend Tif here is surrounded by flowers in SODACO Farm, Inawayan, Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur. Varieties of waling-waling is being cultivated here as an additional attraction of the farm aside from the tropical fruits such as durian, lanzones, rambutan and mangosteen. The waling-waling's flowering season is about to end and is expected to be in full blown again within the next six months or even a year. 

Little Drummer Boys

These boys are among the many attractions who participated the "Pamulak" Floral Float Parade on August 17, 2014 in celebrationof the 29th Kadayawan Festival. 

Lab-asero

This fish vendor in Tuban weighs a portion of his products to be sold to a customer early in the morning on August 13, 2014. I took this picture after I shoot sunrise in the coastlines of Sta. Cruz on the same date.

Empowered

A woman farmer in Tibolo, Sta. Cruz sets up her  farm paraphernalia as a mechanism to fight infestation of pest in her rice field. Women in the uplands are presently taking part in doing farm chores as a manifestation of gender and development.   

Tapay-Tapay

Over the last 3 weeks, authorities in Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur and in the entire Davao Gulf is implementing the off-season for fishing to pave way for the breeding of fishes which is currently happening. This move is expected to bear positive gains in as far as production of marine products in concerned especially within the 15-kilometer municipal waters where local fisher folks sourced out their daily catches for food and income.This photo is a common commercial fishing boat called "Tapay-Tapay", also taking sometime to park by Tuban Bay due to the no-fishing policy.