Author Archives: KATH M. CORTEZ

An old couple from Marawi City trim​ their​ white hair inside Buru-on evacuation center in Iligan City Wednesday afternoon. They are among the thousands of Marawi ​City ​residents who los​t​ their house​s​ ​to the five-month-long war ​last year ​between ​government​ forces and ​armed fighters of the ​terrorist Maute group. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)

A Lumad student studies her lesson inside a makeshift tent in UCCP Haran evacuation center on Thursday, January 18. ​More than​ 70 students are ​still holding their classes in the evacuation center since they fled home in 2015 ​to avoid alleged harassment from ​soldiers. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)