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)
Madaum Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Association, Inc., (MARBAI) is an association comprised of 159 member agrarian reform beneficiaries of mostly banana farmers, workers, planters and growers. Our organization existed as an offshoot to our collective efforts to recognize our rights to a fair livelihood in order for us to function as a productive force in the industry we helped build.