CAPTURED BY AMERICA. An American takes a snapshot of youth protesters commemorating the Filipino-American War of February 4, 1899 which ushered the American colonization of the Philippines. (Ace Morandante/ davaotoday.com)
SMALL MINERS PROTEST. Small scale miners from Pantukan, Compostela Valley stormed the Mines and Geosciences Bureau regional office in Davao to oppose the agency's scheme to have them registered and given an identification card, saying this legitimizes the entry of multinational corporations that would dislodge them. (Ace Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte gets the celebrity treatment as he poses with delegates in the National Convention of the Philippine Association of Water Districts at SMX Convention Center. (Ace Morandante/ davaotoday.com)
Activists staged a picket at the entrance of Waterfront Hotel during a public consultation Thursday on amendments on the EPIRA law, in which groups such as Bayan called for its repeal as it pushes monopoly of corporations on the energy sector. (Ace R. Morandante/ davaotoday.com)
MAYOR WELCOMES INDONESIAN COMMANDER. Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte (center) welcomes Indonesian Military Area Command Major General Tril Bachtiar (right) and party who attended the Philippine-Indonesian Border Committee Chairman's Conference with the AFP Eastern Mindanao Command. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)