On Holy Wednesday, members of Children’s Rehabilitation Center in Southern Mindanao reenacts the situation of children as victims of human rights violations in Mindanao. CRC recorded 21 children killed under Aquino administration, 11 of whom are from Mindanao. The group also blames the government’s counter-insurgency program Oplan Bayanihan as the “culprit” behind children’s killings. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Danny Diarog, secretary general of Kahugpongan sa mga Lumad (center), expresses his dismay on the continuing harassment by alleged private army of Pastor Apollo Quiboloy against their community in Sitio Diolo, Brgy. Manuel Guianga, Tugbok District, Davao City. Diarog claims that Quiboloy is encroaching their ancestral land which is now only left with around 20 hectares from the original estimated 7,000 hectares. (Ace R Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Mayor Rodrigo Duterte finally signed the documents for Halila Sudagar declaring her as the new Indigenous People representative of the city. Sudagar immediately took oath at the People’s Park on Wednesday. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte ordered operators of passenger vans to remove the tints on their windows. During his weekly program on Sunday, Duterte said he wanted authorities to have a clear view of what’s going on inside the van for the safety of the commuters. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Combined forces of the Task Force Davao and Davao City Police Office inspect passenger’s baggages at the Davao City Overland Transport Terminal on Holy Monday. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
A young fisherman is dismayed after he caught only a few fish in Penaplata, Island Garden City of Samal. (Ace R Morandante/davaotoday.com)
These two young boys offer handmade “lukay” (made out of palm leaves) to devotees for only 10 pesos each along the Carmelite Church in Lanang. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
In observance of the Palm Sunday, Christian devotees flocked together with their “lukay” (unsay english ani te) in Carmelite Church in Lanang, Davao City. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
“Pangmasa” is a term used to describe beach resorts that are affordable to the common folks. This beach in Kaputian, Penaplata, Island Garden City of Samal, aside from its affordable price, has good and clean sea water that entices beach goers especially this summer season. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
This young boy a son of a fisherman in Penaplata shows his catch, a small eel, which, he said, is for their lunch. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
