As the dawn breaks, a boat carrying visitors and tourists is set to drift as it is being pushed manually by a crew towards the deeper portion of the Surigao Sea and for an early morning visit to Britania Islands in San Agustin, Surigao del Sur. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)
Davao City activists decry the continuous killings of Indigenous people in Mindanao at a protest action Saturday. The killings intensified after President Rodrigo Duterte placed Mindanao under Martial Law in 2017 and extended it until the end of 2019. (Ken E. Cagula/davaotoday.com)
Students and members of the faculty union of the University of the Philippines (UP) Mindanao stage a protest at the Atrium Steps as part of the system-wide “Day of Remembrance” to commemorate the University’s ‘participation and sacrifice’ for the struggle against Martial Law under the regime of former president Ferdinand E. Marcos that was declared on September 21, 1972. (Ken E. Cagula/davaotoday.com)
A boat operator and his crew enjoy their early breakfast by the bay with the dazzling sunrise while waiting for tourist passengers to take a boat ride to explore the islands of Britania in San Agustin, Surigao del Sur. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)
IN MEMORIAM. Archbishop Romulo Valles led the mass held at the Tree of Life Memorial Marker for the 3rd year commemoration of the September 2 Roxas Night Market bombing that killed 15 individuals and wounded 70 people. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)
Street dancing contingents perform during the formal opening of this year’s Kahimuman Regional Trade Fair 2019 at SM Uptown in Cagayan de Oro City on Friday, Aug. 23. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)
Sen. Christopher Lawrence Go visits the fire victims of barangays Puntod and Lapasan who are currently staying at Corrales Elementary School in Puntod. Go led the distribution of financial aid and relief packs to the survivors late Thursday, Aug. 22. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)
GENERATION GAP. The old one looks at passers-by while the young one is pre-occupied with her cellphone, shows the generation gap even among Lumad, as they keep watch of their indigenous house exhibit for the Kadayawan Festival at Magsaysay Park in Davao City. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)
Young girls from an indigenous tribe flash sweet smiles to visitors and tourists during the opening program of 2019 Kadayawan Festival on Friday, August 2, at the Magsaysay Park in Davao City. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)
Protesters clean up their picket line and throw litter in a waste bin with an image of President Rodrigo Duterte covered in parasites, depicting the “rotten Duterte administration” after holding a protest at the Freedom Park in Davao City in time for the President’s fourth State of the Nation Address on Monday, July 22, 2019. (Ken E. Cagula/davaotoday.com)
