BARRICADE PART TWO. About 5000 victims of typhoon Pablo, who are mostly farmers and lumads from Compostela Valley, mass up for the second time, this time, in front of the DSWD regional office along corner Magsaysay Avenue and Suazo Streets blocking off a portion of this downtown road which is part of Davao City’s Chinatown business district since Monday to demand the 10,000 sacks of rice that DSWD Secretary Dinky Soliman promised to give them after they barricaded the Montevista town highway in Compostela Valley last January 15. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)
ANGUISH. This woman, one of the development workers who were present to show support for barricading typhoon Pablo victims, cries in disgust as police attacked the protesters and confiscated the relief goods in a heated standoff Tuesday at the DSWD Regional Office. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)
UNFIT. Among the demands of the victims of typhoon Pablo who mounted a barricade for the second time, this time, right in front of the DSWD regional office in Davao City, is the ouster of the DSWD Secretary Dinky Soliman whom they accuse of being unfit to hold office on the back of reported irregularities and alleged corruption in the government’s system of distribution of relief goods for the Pablo victims. They also accuse Soliman of sheer apathy towards survivors who hardly get any support from the government, in spite of the outpouring of funding from both local and international donor agencies supposedly intended for them. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)
UNFIT. Among the demands of the victims of typhoon Pablo who mounted a barricade for the second time, this time, right in front of the DSWD regional office in Davao City, is the ouster of the DSWD Secretary Dinky Soliman whom they accuse of being unfit to hold office on the back of reported irregularities and alleged corruption in the government’s system of distribution of relief goods for the Pablo victims. They also accuse Soliman of sheer apathy towards survivors who hardly get any support from the government, in spite of the outpouring of funding from both local and international donor agencies supposedly intended for them. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)
YOUNG GUARDS. With tension in their faces, these youth guard the relief goods seized by typhoon Pablo victims from the DSWD Regional Office last Tuesday. The goods which Pablo surivors thought they could finally bring home to their families were later taken back by the police in the afternoon. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)
NIGHT VIGIL. By nightfall, typhoon Pablo victims continue their vigil at the DSWD Regional Office in Davao to demand the relief goods promised by the department. Here, a Catholic nun gives her solidarity message.(davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)
