Performance artist Nicolas Aca walks around Cagayan de Oro City’s Divisoria area on December 10, 2017. Drenched in red, Aca depicts the killings and human rights abuses under the Duterte administration. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/ davaotoday.com)
Cultural artists participate in a protest outside the military’s Naval Station Felix Apolinario camp in Panacan, Davao City to highlight the killings of activists and civilians as they commemorate the International Human Rights Day on Sunday, December 10, 2017. Hundreds of protesters denounced the plan to extend Martial Law in Mindanao for another year. (Ivy Jean S. Tupas/ davaotoday.com)
The coffin of the late University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines (USTP) President, Ricardo Rotoras, is escorted by soldiers to a private cemetery to be interred on Friday, Dec. 8. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)
A student walks past a billboard outside the University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines (USTP) gymnasium where former university president Ricardo Rotoras was brought for public viewing. Rotoras’ interment is set on Friday, December 8. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/ davaotoday.com)
BANKEROHAN FIRE. Families whose houses were destroyed in a Bankerohan fire on December 5, 2017 are currently taking refuge in a nearby gym. (Robby Joy D. Salveron/davaotoday.com)
Drivers protesting before the Land Transportation Office in Davao City on December 5, 2017 worry of jobs lost once the government implements the modernization scheme for public utility vehicles. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
PRISONER OF WAR. The New People’s Army sets free PO1 Bristol Catalan Jr of the Makilala Police Station . Catalan was arrested by the group’s Mt. Apo Sub-Regional Command in Southern Mindanao in August. (Mara Genotiva / davaotoday.com)
The candy-themed light show outside the Davao City Hall is an inviting sight for residents and tourists. The light show is part of the month-long Pasko Fiesta celebration that kicked off with a festive opening program at the Rizal Park on Friday night, December 1. (Kenneth Paul P. Senarillos/davaotoday.com)
Progressive groups are dismayed over the bills posted on walls in Davao City that indicate that their colleagues are allegedly “wanted” for kidnapping and serious illegal detention. They say that these cases have been dismissed last July 2016. (Mara S. Genotiva/davaotoday.com)
‘DUTERMINATOR’. Groups led by Bagong Alyansang Makabayan an effigy of President Rodrigo Duterte in Davao City on November 30, 2017. They claim that under Duterte’s term as president, more rural communities have been affected by the military’s crackdown on progressive groups. (Medel V. Hernani / davaotoday.com)
