Ambassador-designate of Japan H.E. Konji Haneda (2nd from left), hands over the symbolic key to President Rodrigo Duterte, PNP Gen. Ronald Bato Dela Rosa and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte during the turnover ceremony on Monday, January 12. (More…)
(Robby Joy D. Salveron / davaotoday.com)
Councilor Bernard Al-ag takes oath as the new Davao City Vice Mayor on January 10, 2017, replacing Presidential son Paolo Duterte who resigned in December last year. (Mara Genotiva / davaotoday.com)
Lumad students and parents protest against militarization in schools in remote villages in Mindanao. Gathering in front of Kapitan Tomas Monteverde Sr. Central Elementary School in Davao City on January 10, 2018, they were expecting to meet Education Secretary Leonor Briones. The Secretary was supposed to visit the school on the same day. (Robby Joy D. Salveron / davaotoday.com)
Mindanao activists, human rights defenders, and Makabayan lawmakers ask the Supreme Court for an urgent temporary restraining order on the extended martial law in Mindanao. (Photo courtesy of Anakpawis Party-list Rep. Ariel Casilao)
Members of the Business Process Outsourcing Industry Employees Network (BIEN) and progressive groups call for justice for the fire victims in front of NCCC Mall of Davao in Maa Wednesday afternoon, January 3, 2017. (Ivy Jean S. Tupas/ davaotoday.com)
Business owners flock the Sangguniang Panlungsod on Wednesday, January 3, to have their licences renewed. (Medel V. Hernani / davaotoday.com)
Nora Linda Sacariya, 44, sells colorful pipes along Agton street in Toril District, Davao City. Since 2002, Dabawenyos use pipes as an alternative to firecrackers in welcoming the new year. The local government has an ordinance that bans firecrackers. (Kenneth Paul Senarillos / davaotoday.com)
Mindanao human rights activists and victims on December 29, 2017 show a symbolic Christmas tree with lists of human rights violations written all over it. They say the tree represents the dire situation of Mindanaoans under martial law. (Mara S. Genotiva/davaotoday.com)
Members of church organizations gather during the Christmas Peace Forum organized by the Philippine Ecumenical Peace Platform on Thursday, December 28 at the Grand Men Seng Hotel in Davao City. The delegates called for the resumption of peace talks between the government and the communists. (Mara S. Genotiva/davaotoday.com)
These men paint a road in Davao City with the Communist Party of the Philippines’ (CPP) logo. They are staging a lightning rally a day after the CPP celebrated its 49th anniversary. (Medel Hernani / davaotoday.com)
