Ata Manobo cousins (left to right) Alvin and Jinky Malibato, who stopped schooling after their community school was not granted a permit to operate due to allegations that it is supported by the New People’s Army, join the State of the Youth Address initiated by various youth groups in Davao City on Saturday. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
This couple’s farm in Barangay Tukanalipao, Mamasapano, Maguindanao is a few meters near the site of a firefight between police special forces and members of the MILF and BIFF last January which ended in the death of more than 70 including civilians. (John Rizle L. Saligumba/davaotoday.com)
Members of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines in Tugbok District salute their elder scout leaders in Rizal park during the 50th founding anniversary of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines Davao City Council on Friday. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
United Church of Christ in the Philippines Bishop Hamuel Tequis turns emotional during a press conference a day after their church compound was raided by the police to “rescue” Lumad evacuees inside. He said the local police and undetermined number of Army members disrespected their place which they treat as a Peace Sanctuary.(Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Activists throw tomatoes toward the entrance gate of Davao City Police Office as they condemn what they claim as “police brutality” for the commotion inside the United Church of Christ in the Philippines Haran compound on Thursday. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte intervenes during the tension between the Davao City Police Office, the Alamara government militia and the indigenous peoples who evacuated in Haran compound of the UCCP church on Thursday.(Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Perut Malibato, a tribal Manobo from Sitio Patel, Barangay Gupitan, Kapalong, Davao del Norte turns emotional after seeing his parents, Celia and Anayak Malibato. His parents have refused to go back home for fear of military in their community. Incidentally, Perut is a member of the paramilitary group, Alamara which his parents and the rest of the tribal evacuees have accused of doing the harassment at the instance of the Army. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Members of the Davao City Police prop up fellow policemen to break through the gate of Haran compound of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines in Davao City, while support groups of tribal evacuees block the gate on Thursday morning.(Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
After more than an hour of commotion inside the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) Haran house on Thursday morning, Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte calls for a dialogue between the members of the Davao City Police Office, who came together with 2nd district North Cotabato Rep. Nancy Catamco and the Manobo tribal families who sought refuge inside the church compound.
(From left) Alfred Galvez from the Art Portal Gallery for Contemporary Art and Leonilo Doloricon, a social realist and University of the Philippines-Diliman former president of UP Artists’ Circle Alumni, announce an exhibit dubbed “Dispossessed” which depicts the social reality of the working class in the country. The exhibit will open on Friday night, 6 pm at the BGP Complex ll along McArthur Highway, Matina, Davao City.(Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
