A soldier stands guard along the street in Iligan City as participants of the the Diyandi Street Dancing are coming. Local officials assure of a safe celebration, amid a war going on in Marawi City, some 30 kilometers away from Iligan. (Divina M. Suson/davaotoday.com)
(From left to right) Jose Cinches and Andrew Tumulak of Ateneo Junior High School and Ermily Frances Derecho and Jeric Justin Ludyawan of Ateneo de Davao University win as Best Tournament Speakers during the 36th Mindanao Debate Championship held at the Grand Men Seng Hotel in Davao City on Sunday, September 24, 2017. (Kenneth Paul Senarillos/davaotoday.com)
A group of lawyers in Mindanao launches two hotline numbers where civilians can report human rights violations in relation to the implementation of Martial Law (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)
Tourism Undersecretary Katherine De Castro (2nd from left) and House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez (3rd from right) symbolically break a surfboard to mark the official opening of the 23rd International Siargao Surfing Cup in a ceremony on Saturday, September 23 in Cloud 9, General Luna, Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte. (More…) (Alex D. Lopez/davaotoday.com)
A child bikes along the concrete road that connects his village in Sitio 117 to the nearby market in Barangay Mintal, Davao City on Saturday, September 23. (Kenneth Paul Senarillos/davaotoday.com)
President Rodrigo Duterte makes an apology to Davao journalists late Friday night, September 22, for turning into a difficult subject to cover due to the Palace’s security protocols, in contrast to the time when he was still the mayor of the city. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)
Huge tarpaulins expressing support for President Rodrigo Duterte hang at the Rizal Park stage in Davao City where protesters were supposed to gather for the commemoration of Martial Law on Thursday afternoon, September 21. (Mara S. Genotiva/davaotoday.com)
Members of the Movement Against Tyranny (MAT) march along major streets of Davao City on the 45th anniversary of Martial Law declaration on Thursday, Sept. 21. Protesters call on the President to lift Martial Law in Mindanao and demand justice to all victims of extrajudicial killings. (Mara S. Genotiva/davaotoday.com)
Riverside residents bathe, wash their clothes and dishes at the flood-prone river under a bridge in Barangay Matina Crossing on Wednesday, September 19. These residents relocated from Marilog district in 2011 due to lack of opportunities back home. (Kenneth Paul Senarillos/davaotoday.com)
The girlfriend of PFC Jaime Inventor is comforted by the fallen soldier’s colleague. Inventor was killed in an encounter with the ISIS-inspired Maute group on September 17, as the troops recapture the Bato Mosque, one of the militant’s strongholds inside the main battle area in Marawi City. (Divina M. Suson/davaotoday.com)
