Author: ACE R. MORANDANTE

A Matigsalog woman sells her handmade bracelets in the overpass along Bankerohan, Davao City. This woman is one of the hundreds of indigenous people in Davao City who are welcomed by the local government during holidays. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

Davao activists hold protest along with the indigenous peoples "bakwit" (evacuees) in Bankerohan Public Market. The activists call for the accountability of President Benigno Aquino III over the human rights violations in Lumad communities in Mindanao. (Ace R.Morandante/davaotoday.com)

Ross Luga, Davao Light Corporate Communications Officer, asks for an apology to the consumers who are affected of the rotational brownouts in the city. Luga said they are targeting a zero power interruption. (Ace R.Morandante/davaotoday.com)

A Lumad woman carries her daughter while cooking early in the Buhangin gym where hundreds of IPs are currently staying. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

An indigenous woman from Barangay Mapula, Paquibato district manages her store to generate income while they are in the city. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)