Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte receives Army Private First Class Edgardo Hilaga who was freed by the New People’s Army in Tulunan, North Cotabato on Tuesday, April 26. (Maria Patricia C. Borromeo/davaotoday.com)
The 1st Pulang Bagani Battalion of New People’s Army released on Monday its five prisoners to presidential aspirant and Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte.
After five days of protest pressuring government agencies here to act on the demands for food aids, the farmers from South Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani and General Santos on Monday, April 25 got 2,000 sacks of rice from the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s Quick Reaction fund.
This vast rice field in Barangay New Rizal, M’lang, North Cotabato shows cracked land due to severe drought. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Valentina Berdin is among the complainants who filed their case against government officials before the Office of the Ombudsman Mindanao in Davao City on Monday, April 25. Berdin, who is charged by the police with direct assault, is out on bail. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
Deputy Ombudsman for Mindanao Rodulfo Elman assures that their office will be acting on the complaint filed by the farmers against the government officials. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
Atty. Joel Mahinay of the Union of People’s Lawyers in Mindanao says they filed the cases against 94 government officials for murder, frustrated murder, illegal arrest and other charges. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
(From left) Pregnant women, Arlene Candiban and her cousin-in-law Elisa Candiban, courageously file charges against government officials at the Ombudsman in Mindanao in Davao City on Monday, April 25. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
Thousands of farmers from four provinces in Region 12 block the national highway of Koronadal-General Santos City Sunday to demand the release of the calamity fund and 15,000 sacks of rice. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Costumers of a La Paz batchoy eatery in Koronadal focus watching on the last presidential debate held in Pangasinan on Sunday, April 24. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
