Datu Tomas Ito, Bagobo chieftain and protector of Apo Sandawa, dies at 84. Also known among his tribe as Datu Birang, Ito led in 1989 the Bagobo peace ritual called Dyandi, transforming it into a solidarity pact with nine other Lumad tribes to resist the government’s Mt. Apo geothermal project, which...

TWO MONTHS AFTER. Families of Ampatuan victims gather around the massacre site in sitio Masalay, Barangay Salman, Ampatuan town in Maguindanao. Lawyers, human rights advocates, representatives from Christian and Muslim faiths join the national Interfaith Mission for Peace and Justice to offer prayers,...

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GOODBYE MOM. Eldest daughter Sunshine bids goodbye to her mother, Lawyer Concepcion ‘Connie’ Brizuela. Brizuela was laid down to her final rest on Monday, November 30, in their residence in Del Carmen village, President Roxas town in North Cotabato. She was one of the victims of the gruesome massacre...

In a picture taken during the Martial Law anniversary in Davao City two years ago, Lawyer Concepcion “Connie” Brizuela carries a placard condemning the extrajudicial killings in the country.  Brizuela was one of the two lawyers killed in a massacre in Maguindanao. She and Cynthia Oquendo,...

Admiring friends and spectators view photographer �Tatay� Rene Lumawag�s 30 choiciest photos in an exhibit that opened at SM City Davao entertainment plaza on November 12. The exhibit was launched to remember Lumawag’s son Gene Boyd, a photojournalist killed in Jolo, Sulu, exactly five years ago....

Formerly known as PTA ground, the P71-million peso People’s Park features a tropical rainforest trees, a sunken garden, fountains and ponds, a kid’s playground, music and entertainment area and the sculptures of the renowned Davao artist Kublai Milan. People’s park has now become one of the...

Photos by Barry Ohaylan, Keith Bacongco, Karlos Manlupig and CJ Kuizon Kadayawan festival, which runs from August 17 to 23, has been celebrated by the people of Davao for 24 years. It is a thanksgiving ritual for the year�s bountiful harvest, reminiscent of Davao ancestors� pahinungod (offering). ...

DAVAO LOVES CORY. As people in Davao city pay tribute to former President Cory Aquino, schools, buildings, even trees, electric posts and jeepneys are beribboned in her signature yellow, reminiscent of the days of the ‘people power’, that installed her presidency. (davaotoday.com photos by...

Get the Flash Player to see this content. Misfi�s caravan for peace reaches out to far flung villages Text and Photos by Jomel Hernani and Medel Hernani In May, the five-day Caravan for Peace and Development by the Mindanao Interfaith Services Foundation Inc. (Misfi) stirred the community of the...

Sayawan sa Daan 2009. A glimpse of the street dance performances during the 72nd Araw ng Dabaw celebration.(photos by Barry Ohaylan/ davaotoday.com)...