Farmer residents wait for buyers of Pechay, a type of Chinese cabbage, sold for P15 per kilo along the Davao-Bukidnon road in Barangay Baganihan, Marilog district, Davao City on Sunday, Mar. 12, 2017.(Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano)
Agrarian reform beneficiaries held a rally Friday afternoon, Mar. 10, 2017 at the entrance road to Lapanday Food Corp.(LFC) main office in Lanang Davao City. Farmers accused the company of being the landgrabber and using its company guards to harass them.(Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
In a press conference in Roxas Avenue, Davao City Friday, activists denounce the recent pronouncements of President Rodrigo Duterte on the possibility of declaring Martial Law in Mindanao and spending all government assets against New People’s Army. (L-R) Jay Apiag, spokesperson of Karapatan, Sheena Duazo, secretary general of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan and Pedro Arnado, spokesperson of Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas.(Earl O. Condeza/davaotoday.com)
Philippine National Police Director General Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa says they will make sure human rights will be respected should President Rodrigo Duterte declare Martial Law in Mindanao. Dela Rosa in an interview at the Police Regional Office 11 headquarters in Buhangin, Davao City, on Friday, March 10 said he was a martial law victim himself.(Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Addressing some 300 chief local executives from Mindanao, President Rodrigo Duterte asked for help to address the problems of terrorism and the proliferation of illegal drugs in Mindanao, or else he will have to declare Martial Law. Duterte met the local chief executives on Thursday, Feb. 9, at the SMX Convention Center in Lanang, Davao City. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)