News in Pictures

REUNION. Two months after their abduction, New People's Army members Catherine Cacdac (second from left) and Ruel Cabales (right) surface in Palo, Leyte, where they are reunited with their families in the provincial jail. They were captured on January 26 in Compostela Valley province by members of the 66th Infantry Battalion and the Scout Rangers. Karapatan Eastern Visayas informed Karapatan Southern Mindanao about the multiple murder charges the two are facing in Leyte. Cacdac and Cabales recounted in their affidavits how they were transferred from Camp Panacan in Davao City to Bukidnon, Guingoog City, Digos City, Surigao City before reaching Leyte. Karapatan is still trying to trace the third missing NPA member captured with Cacdac and Cabales. Nelson Carbajosa has reportedly been kept in Digos City. (contributed photo)

READ ALONG. This read along activity wish to impart to the children the importance of reading. Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro reads a story before 73 children inside the Eastern Mindanao Command in Davao City during the Philippine Daily Inquirer?s read along session in Davao City. (davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan)

DWINDLING HARVEST. Farmers in Carmen, Davao del Norte these days harvest only 40 sacks of palay for every two hectares of land, a yield that could not even compensate for their backbreaking work in the farm. (davaotoday.com photo by Jonald Mahinay)

SLEEPING DINOSAUR. Bus travellers to Mati, Davao Oriental can easily miss the sight, visible only for a short while on the right side as the bus navigates a curb a few kilometers before the town of Mati. For those who are alert enough, it is a view worthy of a conversation and some snapshots. (davaotoday.com photo by Jonald Mahinay)

HOMECOMING. Fleeing villagers return to their sitios in barangay Batiano, Baganga, Davao Oriental after spending the night with friends and relatives in town. They fled their homes following the March 10 aerial bombing by the 67^th Infantry Battalion in the area, after an earlier encounter with NPA rebels. (davaotoday.com photo by Jonald Mahinay)