Tambayan a non government organization, implements adopt-a-school program called Respect that caters the needs, mostly of children on the streets of Davao City. Bullying among students have been reduced according to Tambayan staff Ms Louise Suamen and teacher, Ms Potri M. Manding. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
Bayan Muna Partylist Representative Carlos Isagani Zarate discusses warlordism in Mindanao during the assembly of the National Union of Journalists in the Philippines on Sunday. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
Bai Bibyaon Ligkaw led some 600 Manobo Lumads in joining the One Billion Rising campaign against violence during the Valentines Day. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Women and children dance on the streets during the One Billion Rising campaign here led by Gabriela. The traffic flow of vehicles was stopped for 5 minutes at the juncture of Magsaysay Ave. and Quimpo Boulevard. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
The Davao City government granted the request of senior citizens to put up their federation office inside the Osmeña Park. City Administrator Jesus Melchor Quitain (left) and Wilfredo Rodolfo III, communication manager of the Aboitiz Power Corp. lead the cutting of ribbon during the inauguration of the Senior Citizen federation center. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Protesting members of the Manobo tribe burst the balloon hearts given by government soldiers in a rally in front of the Eastern Mindanao Command headquarters. The protesters called for the withdrawal of military forces in their schools and communities in Talaingod, Davao del Norte. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Research and advocacy officers of the Children’s Rehabilitation Center present their psycho social interventions on the children in Mamasapano town. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Gabriela Rep. Luz Ilagan shares her experience during the four days fact-finding mission in Mamasapano town, Maguindnao. She reports of kids traumatized by the encounter, and their parents afraid of going to their farms. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Bai Bibyaon Ligkayan Bigkay and fellow tribeswomen urge government and Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte to pull out the soldiers troops from their communities in Talaingod, Davao del Norte. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
More than 100 tribal women from various tribes in Mindanao gather for their first assembly of Sabokan To Mo Lumad Kamalitanan Confederation of Lumad Women. They call for a stop to militarization in their ancestral domain. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)