FIGHTING BACK. Lawyers Carlos Isagani Zarate and Eduardo Estores (right) prepare the petition for writ of amparo they filed at the Regional Trial Court here on June 16. Zarate is one of the three lawyers seeking relief from the Courts. He believes that the inclusion of his name in the military's order of battle (OB) list puts his life in danger. Estores is one of the five counsels handling the case. (davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan)
CHILDREN OF BONIFACIO. The battle is not over yet for these youths belonging to the group Anakbayan. Wary of the rising cost of education and the impending threats for charter change, they stage an independence day protest at the Bonifacio Park in Davao City. (davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan)
ROTTEN TOMATOES. Members of the militant Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (New Patriotic Alliance)-Southern Mindanao throw tomatoes outside the office of House Speaker Prospero Nograles to show their indignation at the maneuver by majority Congress members to push for Charter Change. (davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan)
NO TO GLORIA! A member of peasant group, Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas, joins the picket against Charter Change outside the Davao city office of House Speaker Prospero Nograles. (davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan)
LIKE ZACCHAEUS. Like the short man Zacchaeus, a character in the Bible?s New Testament who climbed up the Sycamore tree to see Jesus more clearly, these young children enjoy the view from the top during the Araw ng Muling (Day of Muling) in Kapalong, Davao del Norte. They watch the free medical and dental services and the graduation rites of those enrolled in the literacy-numeracy program of Mindanao Interfaith Services Foundation Inc. (Misfi) in Kapalong. (davaotoday.com photo by Jomel Hernani)