The Davao City government granted the request of senior citizens to put up their federation office inside the Osmeña Park. City Administrator Jesus Melchor Quitain (left) and Wilfredo Rodolfo III, communication manager of the Aboitiz Power Corp. lead the cutting of ribbon during the inauguration of the Senior Citizen federation center. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Protesting members of the Manobo tribe burst the balloon hearts given by government soldiers in a rally in front of the Eastern Mindanao Command headquarters. The protesters called for the withdrawal of military forces in their schools and communities in Talaingod, Davao del Norte. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Research and advocacy officers of the Children’s Rehabilitation Center present their psycho social interventions on the children in Mamasapano town. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Gabriela Rep. Luz Ilagan shares her experience during the four days fact-finding mission in Mamasapano town, Maguindnao. She reports of kids traumatized by the encounter, and their parents afraid of going to their farms. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Bai Bibyaon Ligkayan Bigkay and fellow tribeswomen urge government and Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte to pull out the soldiers troops from their communities in Talaingod, Davao del Norte. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
More than 100 tribal women from various tribes in Mindanao gather for their first assembly of Sabokan To Mo Lumad Kamalitanan Confederation of Lumad Women. They call for a stop to militarization in their ancestral domain. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Vendors start to pack flowers for Valentines day at San Pedro st. The price ranges from 50 to 250 pesos. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
1st District councilor Leah Librado urges Davaoeños and the city council to join the gathering for One Billion Rising on Valentines Day at the Rizal park. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte said if the Kagan Tribe will not complain against former SK Federation President and IP Rep-elected Halila Sudagar by February 20, the NCIP will issue her a certificate of affirmation as Indigenous Peoples’ representative to the City Council. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Moro youth from Kagan tribes join the peace rally in Davao City in support of the Bangsamoro Basic Law as solution to the Mindanao conflict amidst the January 25 Mamasapano incident. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
