Author: ACE R. MORANDANTE

Activists throw tomatoes toward the entrance gate of Davao City Police Office as they condemn what they claim as "police brutality" for the commotion inside the United Church of Christ in the Philippines Haran compound on Thursday. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte intervenes during the tension between the Davao City Police Office, the Alamara government militia and the indigenous peoples who evacuated in Haran compound of the UCCP church on Thursday.(Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

Perut Malibato, a tribal Manobo from Sitio Patel, Barangay Gupitan, Kapalong, Davao del Norte turns emotional after seeing his parents, Celia and Anayak Malibato. His parents have refused to go back home for fear of military in their community. Incidentally, Perut is a member of the paramilitary group, Alamara which his parents and the rest of the tribal evacuees have accused of doing the harassment at the instance of the Army. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

Members of the Davao City Police prop up fellow policemen to break through the gate of Haran compound of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines in Davao City, while support groups of tribal evacuees block the gate on Thursday morning.(Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

Persons with disabilities from various districts in Davao City play basketball in Davao City National High School court on Wednesday as they commemorate the 37th National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation week that started last July 17 and will end on July 23. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)