Workers of the City Environment and Natural Resources Office sweep along C.M. Recto Street immediately after the floral float parade passed during the Pamulak sa Kadayawan on Sunday, August 21, 2016. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)
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President Rodrigo Duterte says that he will have to consult the military and the police if it is already “safe for them” to declare a ceasefire with the the Communist Party of the Philippines.
A 64-year old teacher of the Salugpungan Schools in Mindanao was arrested by alleged members of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in Lahug, Cebu City on Friday noon, August 19.
Couple Liza and Aiza Seguerra pose with journalists during the Pink Ink, a training to empower media practitioners to deal with LGBT human rights issues, held at the Seda Hotel in Davao City on Saturday, August 20, 2016. The couple discussed SOGIE 101 or Sexual Orientation Gender Identity and Expression. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)
Inna Maristela Cassandra Garcia, 22, of the Bagobo K’lata tribe won as the Hiyas ng Kidayawan 2016 on Friday night, August 19.
In Bibinayo, the Lumad tribes pound “palay” (pre-husked rice) and separate grain from the chaff in a given time. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)
The National Democratic Front of the Philippines in Southern Mindanao Region today ordered for the release of two captive police officials in Davao Region as a goodwill measure for the resumption of the formal peace talks set on August 22.
Matigsalug women hurry in sifting rice from the chaff during the “Bibinayo”, a traditional way of pounding rice, which was part of the tribal games in the Lumadnong Dula at the People’s Park in Davao City on Thursday, August 18. The Lumadnong Dula is one of the highlights of this year’s Kadayawan sa Dabaw festival celebration. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)
Two of the three detained National Democratic Front of the Philippines in Davao Region will be flying to Oslo, Norway to join the formal peace talks between the NDF and the government.
Political prisoners Ariel Arbitrario (left) and Eduardo Genelsa are granted provisional liberty by the Court on Thursday, August 18 to join the GRP-NDF peace talks in Oslo, Norway. They are two of the three NDF consultants detained in Davao. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)
