Guerrilla fighters of the New People’s Army prepare their formation at the start of the ceremony for the release of its two captive police officers in a village in Lupon, Davao Oriental on Friday, August 26, 2016. (Earl O. Condeza/davaotoday.com)
Police Chief Inspector Arnold Ongachen, chief of the Governor Generoso Municipal Police in Davao Oriental is released by the New People’s Army on Friday, August 26 after almost three months in captivity. (Earl O. Condeza/davaotoday.com)
Police Officer 1 Michael Grande of Banaybanay Municipal Police station, who was one of the two prisoners-of-war released by the New People’s Army in Davao Oriental on Friday, August 26, marched in between NPA guerrilla fighters during the ceremony. (Earl O. Condeza/davaotoday.com)
Tribal advocates, together with Lumad evacuees who are staying in a church compound in Davao City, seek help from the Department of Education to free Amelia Pond, a development worker in a Lumad school in Mindanao. (Earl O. Condeza/davaotoday.com)
Indigenous peoples from various tribes in Region 12 put up a protest camp at the Rizal Park in Koronadal City to condemn mining and logging operations affecting their communities. (Earl O. Condeza/davaotoday.com)
PASAKA Southern Mindanao Lumad Federation Secretary General Jong Monzon said that the criminal cases filed against were “fabricated” and filed only “with the intent to pacify” their resistance.
Lumads rest inside their temporary shelters, as the program is ongoing at the Rizal Park in Koronadal City on Monday, August 22. Their camp will last until August 26 as part of their week-long protest camp out against mining and logging operations in the Region 12. (Earl O. Condeza/davaotoday.com)
While they express their support for the ongoing formal talks between the government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines, members of Lumad group Pasaka Confederation of Lumad Organizations condemn the National Commission on the Indigenous Peoples for its inaction on killings and displacements of Lumad people in Southern Mindanao during a protest action on Tuesday, August 23, 2016 in front of the NCIP office in Sandawa Plaza, New Matina, Davao City. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Sama Badjao women with their children sit along C.M. Recto street in Davao City to ask for alms from passersby during the floral float parade on Sunday, August 21, 2016. The Sama Badjao is one of the 11 tribes in the city for whom the Kadayawan celebration is dedicated, however, their plight has yet to be addressed by the government. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)
Workers of the City Environment and Natural Resources Office sweep along C.M. Recto Street immediately after the floral float parade passed during the Pamulak sa Kadayawan on Sunday, August 21, 2016. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)
