CEBU. Vice President Jejomar Binay, chairman of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council, welcomes beneficiaries from Barangays Kalunasan and Busay, as he prepares to sign an agreement with their homeowners’ associations and the Province. (Allan Cuizon)

DAVAO. A wooden crate containing the remains of Apple Dayot Gamale, 23, a Dabawenya OFW, is being carried onto a van after its arrival at the Davao International Airport on Wednesday. (Arianne Casas)

ZAMBOANGA. Newly-freed policeman Faisal Juhaili (left) listens intensely while Chief Supt. Napoleon Estilles, police regional director, answers question in a press conference Wednesday afternoon. PO2 Juhaili is one of the four policemen on duty when some 40 NPAs raided the police station of Tigbao town last April 9. (Bong Garcia)

BACOLOD. The junction of 13th-Lacson Streets is flooded after Tuesday’s heavy rains. The flood was a bane to most motorists and pedestrians but it brought more earning opportunities to trisikad drivers. (Carla Cañet)

CEBU. Nemuel Camay Sumabong (2nd from right) is led away after his murder conviction for the May 21, 2008 shooting of lawyer Richard Sison. Judge Soliver Peras ordered him to spend 20 to 40 years in jail and to pay the Sison family P120.57 million in damages. (Amper Campaña)

CAGAYAN DE ORO. The actual situation of traffic flow at the Cogon public market premises is described here due to “displaced market vendors” who temporarily settled on streets following the renovation of the biggest marketplace in Cagayan de Oro. (Joey P. Nacalaban)

DAVAO. Alberto Alcid, Phoenix Petroleum AVP-Lubricants (3rd from top right), along with the riders and the manager of Moto-X Davao, a motocross racers group based in Davao City, pose after signing a memorandum of agreement at Chippens Restaurant on Monday. (King Rodriguez)

CEBU. Cebu RTC Branch 10 found security guard Nemuel Sumabong guilty of killing Richard Sison, lawyer of former Lapu-Lapu City mayor and now Rep. Arturo Radaza, in May 2008. (Gerome Dalipe)

CEBU. The Luz Barangay Council has passed a resolution asking the City Government to consult the barangay and the residents before formulating re-building plans for the fire-stricken areas.(Allan Cuizon)

DAVAO. President Benigno Aquino III, in a press briefing Monday, stresses the need to look for other markets amid China's stricter regulations on Philippine bananas and other fruits. (King Rodriguez)

BACOLOD. Representative Albee Benitez (2nd from left), along with 3rd district Board Member Patrick Lacson, Councilor CB Lacson and Catabla village chief Renato Ciocon, inspects the old Catabla Bridge in Talisay City before the construction of a new P5-million bridge. (Contributed photo)

CEBU. A man points to the spot where Carcar City Mayor Nicepuro Apura's son, Carl Vinson, 25, was shot dead early Sunday, during a concert in Barangay Valladolid, Carcar. (Amper Campaña)