A power firm released 114 newly-hatched hawkbill turtles, known locally as pawikan, in a 37-hectare nesting ground Marine Protected Area sanctuary in Punta Dumalag, Matina Aplaya, Davao City. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Boys from Purok Soliman, Boulevard frolic in Santa Ana Wharf unmindful of the possible infections brought by the murky waters. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte refuses to turn over custody of arrested suspected child couriers to their parents, in a consultation with Social Welfare chief Malou Bermudo. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Karapatan Task Force Malita head Lordino Guatero (middle) present their fact-finding report on the murders of two farmers last week in Malita, Davao Occidental - Tony Bago and Arnel Tanduya - whom they said were victims of the military’s red-tagging campaign. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
At this point in our nation’s journey through time as a republic, we are thankful to President Benigno S. Aquino III for having forewarned us about the possibility of an abnormal type of governance to happen in our country. We are thankful because we are promptly reminded by his own pronouncements to be extra alert and be closely on guard lest we be caught flat-footed like what happened in 1972 when then President Ferdie Marcos declared martial rule over the entire Philippine archipelago.