Nuns from the Sisters’ Association in Mindanao joined the zumba dance sequence to shake off the pork during the Million People March Davao. Some 3,000 people joined the ‘festive’ protests marked with songs, speeches and dance. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)
A real pig gets locked up during Monday’s Million People March to symbolize the people’s rage against the pork barrel system or Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) of Congress which has been exposed to cases of corruption. (davaotoday.com photo by Jandy Ken Lizondra)
Representatives of academe, church, doctors and journalists led protesters in Million People March Davao to continue various campaigns for the abolition of PDAF and accountability of public officials on government spending. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)
These nuns do their selfie protest against the pork barrel and other issues in Mindanao during the Sisters’ Association in Mindanao (SAMIN) 30th anniversary Congress last August 23 to 25 in Benedictine Sisters’ Retreat House in Ulas. Some 80 SAMIN nuns will join Monday’s nationwide protests against the pork barrel system. (contributed photo by SAMIN)
A youth volunteer enjoy warm hugs and smiles from Manobo children who left Saturday morning to return to Loreto, Agusan del Sur after negotiations with their mayor assured them that soldiers are pulled out from their villages. The Manobos stayed in Bankerohan Gym for 18 days with support from church and other groups. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)
A Manobo toddler plays with a new pair of slippers given by support groups and the City Government as ‘parting gifts’ to the 500 Manobos who finally returned home to Loreto, Agusan del Sur after an agreement with their mayor that troops will be pulled out from their villages. The support groups provided food, health and other needs for the Manobos in Davao for the past 18 days. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)
The Manobos will return to Loreto, Agusan del Sur carrying seedlings and farm tools from Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte who helped facilitate a dialogue with their Mayor Dario Otaza to guarantee the pullout of troops and their safe return. The Lumads received seedlings of corn, mango, peanuts, mangosteen and Cacao, and farm tools. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)
Manobo youths wave to support groups who helped them during their 18-day stay in Bankerohan Gym, as the Manobos finally returned home Saturday morning to Loreto, Agusan del Sur when they clinched an agreement with their mayor to pull out troops in their villages and to provide them with seedlings and farm tools. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)
These Manobo children enjoy a moment in Bankerohan Gym, happy that they will be going home to Loreto, Agusan del Sur and at the same time happy that they were treated by concerned citizens to the beach in Toril. Their families are guaranteed safety to return home after an agreement brokered by Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte with Loreto Mayor Dario Otaza assured the pullout of troops and cease of military operations. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)
This elderly Manobo couple look serious even with the good news that they will finally return home to Loreto, Agusan del Sur after an agreement was signed with Mayor Dario Otaza to pull out the troops from their village and rehabilitate their farms. Some 500 Manobos stayed in Bankerohan Gym for 18 days since August 7 in protest of military operations in their village. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)
