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President Rodrigo Duterte is granted the privilege to be on the captain’s deck during his visit to the Russian Guided Missile Cruiser "Varyag” docked at Pier 15 of the Port of Manila Harbor on April 21, 2017 for a 4-day goodwill visit to the Philippines. Joining the President is Varyag Commanding Officer Captain Alexsei Ulyanenko. (King Rodriguez/Presidential Photo)

INSIDE ‘VARYAG’

President Rodrigo Duterte is granted the privilege to be on the captain’s deck during his visit to the Russian Guided Missile Cruiser "Varyag” docked at Pier 15 of the Port of Manila Harbor on April 21, 2017 for a 4-day goodwill visit to the Philippines. Joining the President is Varyag Commanding Officer Captain Alexsei Ulyanenko. (King Rodriguez/Presidential Photo)

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Agrarian Reform Secretary Rafael Mariano (left) comes back to Tagum City on Friday, April 21, 2017 to supervise the scheduled installation of agrarian reform beneficiaries in Barangay San Isidro. However, the installation did not push through after the guards inside the plantation refused to receive DAR's Writ of Installation. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

AGRARIAN REFORM SECRETARY

Agrarian Reform Secretary Rafael Mariano (left) comes back to Tagum City on Friday, April 21, 2017 to supervise the scheduled installation of agrarian reform beneficiaries in Barangay San Isidro. However, the installation did not push through after the guards inside the plantation refused to receive DAR's Writ of Installation. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

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PORTRAITS. Members of Hustisya, a group of family members demanding justice for the deaths of slain activists, hold up portraits of the 24 victims of politically motivated killings since President Rodrigo Duterte came into power. Hustisya, along with Karapatan and Bagong Alyansang Makabayan, held a protest along Roxas Avenue in Davao City on Thursday, April 20. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

PORTRAITS

Members of Hustisya, a group of family members demanding justice for the deaths of slain activists, hold up portraits of the 24 victims of politically motivated killings since President Rodrigo Duterte came into power in a protest along Roxas Avenue in Davao City on Thursday, April 20. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

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REUNITED. Private First Class Samuel Garay is all smiles as he is reunited with his wife, Jessa Mae who will give birth to their first born on July. Garay and Sgt. Solaiman Calocop, were released on Wednesday, April 18 somewhere in the hinterlands of Matanao, Davao del Sur. The two were held as "prisoners of war" by the New People's Army since February 2. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

REUNITED

Private First Class Samuel Garay is happy as he finally reunites with his wife, Jessa Mae who will give birth to their first born on July. Garay and Sgt. Solaiman Calocop, were freed by the communist rebels on Wednesday, April 18 somewhere in the hinterlands of Matanao, Davao del Sur. The two were held as "prisoners of war" by the New People's Army since Feb. 2. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

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HIGH HOPES. Members of Madaum Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Association Inc wait for the arrival of Agrarian Reform Secretary Rafael Mariano expecting that they will be able to return to their farms in Barangay San Isidro, Tagum City on Tuesday, April 18. However, the Writ of Installation issued by Mariano on April 11, 2017 was not executed after Philippine National Police Regional Director, Police Chief Superintendent Manuel Gaerlan sought advise from the Regional Trial Court Branch 14 in Davao City on the Writ. The PNP was supposed to provide assistance for the orderly execution of the farmers' return to their lands. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

HIGH HOPES

Members of Madaum Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Association Inc wait for the arrival of Agrarian Reform Secretary Rafael Mariano as they expect that they will be able to return to their farms in Barangay San Isidro, Tagum City on Tuesday, April 18. (More...) (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

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