DABAW & DIGONG. A float showing a developed Davao City and an image of President Rodrigo Duterte, the city mayor for over 22 years is seen during the Parada Dabawenyo on Thursday, March 16. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
To be poor, uneducated and jobless are red flags for the authority and that add to the growing insecurity most of the people feel.
President Rodrigo Duterte kisses his youngest grandson, Marko Digong Duterte-Carpio during the thanksgiving party at the Matina Enclaves after the baptism rite on Thursday, March 16. The boy who was nicknamed, Stonefish, is the youngest child of Presidential daughter Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte and husband Atty. Mans Carpio. (City Information Office)
On Thursday, 2 March, Jimboy Tapdasan Pesadilla was contacted by a neighbour to go to his parents’ house urgently. When he got to the house, he found several neighbours outside the house and a team of police inside, taking pictures. His father and mother had both been shot dead.
For us indigenous people, water resources like rivers play a crucial part in our communities’ survival and are integral to our culture and identity.