The NPA, the revolutionary forces will not die for any one person except for the masses that it loves, for the people,” said Ka Joaquin, an NPA fighter, when asked for comments about President Rodrigo Duterte’s pronouncement that the Reds are willing to die for him.
Berto Alparo, 53, waits for his wife and children outside the Sto. Niño Parish in Panabo City on Wednesday, Dec. 21. Alparo says his wife left him for another man. (Contributed photo by Maricar Emata)
Hundreds of Catholic devotees attend the Simbang Gabi in Sto. Niño Parish in Panabo City on Wednesday, Dec. 21. Catholics aim to complete the nine dawn masses which started on December 16 and ended on December 24. (Contibuted photo by Maricar Emata)
Datu Mintroso Malibato (in blue striped shirt), spokesperson of indigenous peoples group, Karadyawaan thanks the members of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines in Davao City for giving toiletries and clothes for more than 200 indigenous people evacuees sheltered inside the Haran compound of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines on Thursday morning, Dec. 22. (Photo by NUJP-Davao)
President Rodrigo RoaDuterte sits beside the celebrant Senator Emmanuel "Manny" Pacquiao during the latter’s 38th birthday celebration at the KCC Mall Events Convention Center, General Santos City on December 17, 2016. (Karl Alonzo/Presidential Photo)