President Rodrigo Duterte witnesses the emotional reunion of eight year-old Rexon Romoc and his family at the Malacañan Palace on February 28, 2017. Rexon Romoc was abducted by members of the Abu Sayyaf Group on August 5, 2016 and was released on February 27, 2017. Also in the photo are (from left to right) Sulu Vice-Governor Sakur Tan and Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Jesus Dureza. (King Rodriguez/Presidential Photo)
This city would host a “mirror station” of the data collected by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), a decentralization plan of the agency operation and to protect the data should the central office be destroyed by a severe earthquake.
After a 6.7 magnitude earthquake and over 200 aftershocks in Surigao City, residents are back on their feet to march the streets on Monday, Feb. 27 as part of the Mindanao-wide peace rally held in several cities in Mindanao to call for the resumption of peace talks. The residents also called on the government to shutdown large-scale mining operations in Surigao del Norte. (Photo by Rhea De Castro)
