Lumad women from southern Mindanao join the global call to free all women from different forms of violence as they take part on the launching of One Billion Rising 2020 campaign in Davao City, on Nov. 27. (Ken E. Cagula/davaotoday.com)
Football players from the Cotabato Foundation College of Science and Technology (neon green jersey) fiercely competes with the Caraga State University (blue green jersey) at the Pedro N. Romualdo Memorial Sports Complex during the first day of the 30th Mindanao Association of State Tertiary Schools (Masts) Friendship Games held in Mambajao, Camiguin, Sunday (Nov. 24). In that game, CFCST wins versus CSU, 1-0. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)
Students of the University of the Philippines Mindanao participate in a candle lighting ceremony in remembrance of the 10th anniversary of Ampatuan Massacre wherein 58 people were killed, including 32 journalists in Ampatuan, Maguindanao. The activity seeks to give light to the continued lack of justice on the fallen as well as to condemn the continuing attacks on journalists in the Philippines. | Photo contributed by Regina Louelle Masacupan
Progressive groups held a picket protest in Cabaguio St., Davao City calling for justice for human rights lawyer and member of Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG), Atty. Vicente Mirabueno, who was assassinated on February 6, 1988 in General Santos City. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
During the 1980s, hundreds of farmers and indigenous people residing in far flung communities in Davao City's 2nd district were displaced due to heavy military operations against rebels. For several days, families took shelter in an abandoned abaca processing plant in Toril. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)