Unfazed by the water cannons used to disperse the protest action, a protester waves the flag of the Moro group Suara Bangsamoro outside the gates of the Armed Forces of the Philippines national headquarters in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City on Tuesday, October 18. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
A protester receives the full might of a water cannon fired at him from the Army’s national headquarters, Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City during a protest rally led by national minority alliance group SANDUGO on Tuesday, October 18. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
National Democratic Front consultant Maria Loida Magpatoc reads a poem by Amado V. Hernandez “Kung Ang Luha Mo Ay Natutuyo Aking Inang Bayan” (If Your Tears Run Dry, My Motherland) during the second day of assembly of Sandugo, the national alliance of Moro and Lumad on Saturday, Oct. 15 in the GT-Toyota Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Leaders of various Lumad groups performed a ritual to denounce the National Commission of Indigenous Peoples during Monday’s protest rally in Quezon City. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Around 1,000 Lumad and Moro activists trooped in front of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples office in Quezon City to call for the agency’s abolition. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Anakpawis Rep. Ariel Casilao delivers a solidarity message during the protest rally led by the newly-formed national minority alliance Sandugo held in front of the Department of Justice office in Padre Faura street, Manila on Monday. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
An emotional Christina Lantaw holds a picture of slain farmer and anti-mining advocate Jimmy Saypan during Monday’s protest rally led by national minority alliance group Sandugo in front of the Department of Justice office in Padre Faura Street, Manila. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
A police stands outside the gates of the Department of Justice’s main office in Padre Faura Street in Manila as Lumad and Moro activists held a protest rally on Monday to call for justice for all the victims of human rights violations and the dismissal of “trumped-up” charges filed against the militant leaders and members. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Over 3,000 Lumad and Moro activists from across the country formed Sandugo, an alliance of national minorities , on October 14 at the GT-Toyota Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Stranded passengers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 2 wait for their chance to take the next available flight after the Philippine Airlines cancelled 50 domestic and international flights on Sunday, October 16 due to Typhoon Karen (international name Sarika). (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)
