Senate President Aquilino ‘Koko’ Pimentel III (left) and House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez applaud as President Rodrigo R. Duterte announces during his first State of the Nation Address at the Batasang Pambansa in Quezon City on Monday, July 25, 2016 that he will lower the income tax. The three leaders are all from Mindanao. (ACE MORANDANTE/PPD)
Thousands march along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City for the ‘People’s State of the Nation Address’ during the first SONA of President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, July 25. The march ended in the Batasan road where the rallyists held their program some 300 meters away from the Batasan Complex . (Earl O. Condeza/davaotoday.com)
Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar holds a copy of the executive order on the freedom of information on Sunday, July 24, at the Royal Mandaya Hotel. The EO was signed on Saturday by President Rodrigo Duterte. (May Anne Love. B. Deseo/davaotoday.com)
Lumad youth perform on stage during the two-day International Conference for Peoples Rights in the Philippines held at the Brokenshire Convention Center in Davao City on Saturday, July 23.(Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
Social Welfare and Development Secretary Judy Taguiwalo, speaks during the first day of the International Conference for People’s Rights in the Philippines held at the Brokenshire Convention Center in Davao City on Saturday, July 23. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
Davao City emergency responders prepare a command outpost for a city wide full scale earthquake drill held at the Crocodile Park on Friday, July 22. The activity is part of the National Disaster Consciousness Month. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
The tattoos on Apo Oki Ligue’s body, some of which have been there since she was nine years old, symbolize the stars, which the Tinananon Manobo believe will serve as their guiding light in afterlife.(Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Women wash clothes by the river in Sitio Kibasalan, Barangay Malibatuan in Arakan, Cotabato province. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
A young student holds his bolo while watching the foreign delegates of the International Solidarity Mission help clear out the weeds in their vegetable garden at the Mindanao Interfaith Services Foundation Incorporated (MISFI) school in Kisante, Makilala, North Cotabato. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Deputy City Director for Operations of the Davao City Police Office Angel B. Sumagaysay says that flying of drones will not be allowed during this year’s Kadayawan celebration because of heightened security measures brought about by the expected attendance of President Rodrigo Duterte. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
