President Rodrigo Duterte extends his hand to his daughter Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte prior to his departure at Francisco Bangoy International Airport in Davao City on April 10, 2017 for a series of state visits to three countries in the Middle East: Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Qatar. (Simeon Celi Jr./Presidential Photo)
President Rodrigo Duterte engages in a conversation with Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Governor of Riyadh, upon his arrival at the Royal Terminal of King Khalid International Airport in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on April 10, 2017. (Robinson Ninal Jr./Presidential Photo)
President Rodrigo Duterte listens to a reporter asking a question during his pre-departure speech at the Francisco Bangoy International Airport on Monday, April 10. Duterte will be meeting his counterparts in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of Bahrain, and the State of Qatar from April 10 to 16. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
The Shin Sun Workers Union hold picket rally in front of Shin Sun Tropical Fruit Co.’s office in Sales street, Davao City, Monday, to call on the Korean company to reinstate the 53 terminated workers. The union says the workers were terminated without due process. (Earl O. Condeza/davaotoday.com)
Crowds hold their crosses made of palm fronds as a Catholic priest blesses them with holy water on Palm Sunday, April 9 at the Immaculate Conception Parish in Mintal, Davao City. (More…)(Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Members of different church groups on Friday, April 7 light candles to call for justice for the victims of extrajudicial killings under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte along Roxas Avenue, Davao City. According to reports by human rights group Karapatan, they recorded 23 cases of politically motivated summary executions since Duterte came into power. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
The Philippine government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines conclude the fourth round of talks on Thursday, April 6, 2017 at the Radisson Blu Palace Hotel in Noordwijk Aan Zee in the Netherlands. (More…) (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)
The Philippine government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines sign a deal to craft an interim joint ceasefire during the third day since the fourth round of the peace talks opened at the Radisson Blu Palace Hotel in Noordwijk, The Netherlands. Here, NDFP peace panel chairperson Fidel Agcaoili and government chief negotiator Silvestre Bello III shake hands during the signing of the agreement on Wednesday, April 5, 2017. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)
Filipino migrant workers and scholars in the Netherlands gather inside the Philippine Embassy in The Hague to listen to the updates on the peace process from the government peace panel on Tuesday afternoon, April 4, 2017. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)
Megan, 4 year-old daughter of Davao City Police Office Acting City Director Sr. Supt. Alexander Tagum takes the hand of Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte to place it on her forehead as a sign of respect during a press conference inside the City Director’s Office in Davao City on Tuesday, April 4. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
