The indigenous peoples from various regions and Moro tribes joined the caravan in a bid to present their plight before the various government agencies in the country’s seat of power— Manila.
Jay, 8, holds his favorite among the more than 50 Christmas lanterns that he and his father make and sell along Tiongko ?S?treet in Davao City. ?The fifth among eight children, Jay helps his father sell lanterns as soon as the month of October comes in. While he likes eating vegetables, sometimes they can't even fill all eight plates with his parents' earnings. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Relatives who visited their dead in Davao City a?re met by torrential rain showers on Tuesday, November 1 caused by a low pressure area located at 525 km east of northeast Hinatuan, Surigao. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
A member of the Presidential Security Group guards the entrance of the tomb of Soledad Duterte and former Davao Governor Vicente Duterte, the parents of President Rodrigo Duterte, at the Roman Catholic Cemetery in Davao City on Tuesday, Nov. 1. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Toto Bolcan, an urban poor leader, expresses his support to the protesting farmers in front of the Department of Agriculture regional office in Davao City on Tuesday, Oct. 25. The farmers demanded for farm subsidies. (Earl O. Condeza/davaotoday.com)