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PEACE? Two old women of the Badjaos, a sea gypsy tribe, start their morning by begging in front of the San Pedro church in Davao City, while a group of peace advocates in front stages their protest action to call for peace in Mindanao amid the all-out offensives by the armed forces against Moro insurgents. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

PEACE?

Two old women of the Badjaos, a sea gypsy tribe, start their morning by begging in front of the San Pedro church in Davao City, while a group of peace advocates in front stages their protest action to call for peace in Mindanao amid the all-out offensives by the armed forces against Moro insurgents. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

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BUD DAJO DEFENDERS. Ronnie Adel, 62, shows a copy of a photograph of leaders of the Moro defenders in the Philippine's southwestern island province of Sulu. Adel is a descendant of a survivor of the Bud Dajo Massacre 109 years ago where American troops killed hundreds of Moro warriors and civilians in Bud Dajo, Sulu. (John Rizle L. Saligumba/davaotoday.com)

BUD DAJO DEFENDERS

Ronnie Adel, 62, shows a copy of a photograph of leaders of the Moro defenders in the Philippine's southwestern island province of Sulu. Adel is a descendant of a survivor of the Bud Dajo Massacre 109 years ago where American troops killed hundreds of Moro warriors and civilians in Bud Dajo, Sulu. (John Rizle L. Saligumba/davaotoday.com)

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Members of the women's group Gabriela picket outside the Commission on Human Rights office in Davao City to demand explanation why there had been no arrest yet of the killers of Rebelyn Pitao, daughter of guerrilla leader Ka Parago. Pitao was killed on March 5, 2009 while she was going home after a days work at a public elementary school outside the city. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

ELUSIVE JUSTICE

Members of the women's group Gabriela picket outside the Commission on Human Rights office in Davao City to demand explanation why there had been no arrest yet of the killers of Rebelyn Pitao, daughter of guerrilla leader Ka Parago. Pitao was killed on March 5, 2009 while she was going home after a days work at a public elementary school outside the city. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

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James Zimmerman, chairperson of the Araw ng Dabaw Executive Committee, says there will be a shift from traditional to modern style of the Mutya ng Dabaw pageant to make it more interesting to the public. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

REINVENTED

James Zimmerman, chairperson of the Araw ng Dabaw Executive Committee, says there will be a shift from traditional to modern style of the Mutya ng Dabaw pageant to make it more interesting to the public. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

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Moro Islamic Liberation Front chief negotiator, Mohagher Iqbal, believes there is only one truth on the Mamasapano encounter that he hopes will come out from the investigations by different government agencies. Iqbal speaks before members of the media in Davao City in a roundtable discussion organized by the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines on Thursday. (Johannes Paul Garado/davaotoday.com)

ONLY ONE TRUTH

Moro Islamic Liberation Front chief negotiator, Mohagher Iqbal, believes there is only one truth on the Mamasapano encounter that he hopes will come out from the investigations by different government agencies. Iqbal speaks before members of the media in Davao City in a roundtable discussion organized by the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines on Thursday. (Johannes Paul Garado/davaotoday.com)

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