Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio sounds the ceremonial gong to formally kick off this year’s Kadayawan sa Dabaw celebration during the city hall’s flag ceremony at Quezon Park on Monday, August 17, 2020. Mayor Sara urged the public to stay at home amidst the Covid-19 pandemic as this year’s festivities will go online. (Photo courtesy of Davao CIO)
Workers from a funeral parlor retrieve four members of a family who perished from a fire in Barangay 22, Cagayan de Oro on August 12. The bodies were discovered three days later. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)
Rights defenders, journalists, Moro and Lumad defenders gather at Ateneo de Davao University to signify their opposition to the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 by filing their petition to the Supreme Court through electronic filing on Monday August 30, 2020. (Photo courtesy of Atty. Mary Ann Arnado)
LUMAD’S CALL. Students from the Lumad Bakwit School attend Monday morning’s, July 27, 2020, ‘SONAgkaisa’ rally at the University of the Philippines-Diliman. Wearing their kinaraan, the traditional attire of the Lumad, and face masks and shields, as they protested the closure of their schools in Mindanao. (More…) (Maro B. Enriquez/davaotoday.com)
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines and various organizations converge outside ABS-CBN’s Regional Station in Davao City on Saturday, July 18 for a noise barrage and candle lighting activity to express their solidarity to the media giant’s thousands of workers who are affected by the House of Representatives’ recent rejection of its 25-year franchise. (Mara S. Genotiva/davaotoday.com)
Members of progressive groups and various organizations troop to the University of the Philippines-Diliman campus on June 12, the Philippines’ 122nd Independence Day, to hold the ‘grand mañanita’ where they called for the junking of the Anti-Terrorism Bill despite a government ban on mass gatherings. (More…) (Maro Enriquez/davaotoday.com)
Students, activists, and progressive groups hold an indignation rally on Thursday, June 4 at UP Diliman, Quezon City following the Lower House’s approval of the anti-terror bill on third reading. Protesters wanted the bill junked as they feared it will be used as a weapon against critics of the Duterte administration if passed into law. (Maro B. Enriquez/davaotoday.com)
Wearing protective suits, government personnel assist the returning overseas Filipino workers upon arriving at the Laguindingan Airport in Laguindingan, Misamis Oriental before going to their respective hometowns in Mindanao on Monday (May 26). Two sweeper flights flew in the 333 OFWs who were stranded in Metro Manila to Mindanao after spending more than two months following the declaration of enhanced community quarantine protocol in Luzon. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)
A vendor resumes selling his goods at the city’s main market, Bankerohan Public Market, as the city goes under general quarantine. Vendors shake off concerns that COVID-19 has infected one vendor as they are more concerned of their family’s survival. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)
Department of Tourism-10 personnel screen stranded passengers before boarding a sweeper flight bound for Manila at the Laguindingan Airport in Laguindingan, Misamis Oriental, Saturday afternoon, April 18, 2020. Foreign nationals and their families who were on vacation in Mindanao have been stranded due to the imposition of travel restrictions amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo courtesy of the Department of Tourism-10)
