Author: ACE R. MORANDANTE

League of Filipino Students (LFS) activists hung red streamers at the facade of the Ateneo de Davao University in Davao City to commemorate the group's 37th founding day, timed with the infamous declaration of Martial Law in 1972. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

Union workers from Compostela Valley Province rallied outside the entrance of the Armed Forces' Eastern Mindanao Command criticizing alleged military harassment on their leaders. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

Members of Lumad group Karadyawan hold a ritual called "Panubadtubad" to urge armed paramilitary fanatics led by Datu Laris Mansaloon to stop the harassments in Brgy. Gupitan, Kapalong, Davao del Norte. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

President Benigno Aquino III commends business groups and local officials during the launch of the Mindanao Inclusive Agribusiness Program of the Philippine Business for Social Progress and Mindanao Development Authority at SMX Convention Center Lanang last Monday. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

A container van carrying toxic chemical fell off the truck and onto the road fronting the Kapitan Tomas Monteverde Elementary School. School officials called off classes to keep school children away from the pungent fume, as health and rescue personnel work out a containment against the effect of the formic acid, a chemical used to harden rubber. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)