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Davao City Council's new majority floor leader, Councilor Jesus Melchor Quitain Jr., and new chairperson on Committee on Ethics and Good government, Jesus Joseph Zozobrado III take oath during the regular session on Tuesday, January 16. (Robby Joy Salveron / davaotoday.com)

Ambassador-designate of Japan H.E. Konji Haneda (2nd from left), hands over the symbolic key to President Rodrigo Duterte, PNP Gen. Ronald Bato Dela Rosa and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte during the turnover ceremony on Monday, January 12. (More...) (Robby Joy D. Salveron / davaotoday.com)

Councilor Bernard Al-ag takes oath as the new Davao City Vice Mayor on January 10, 2017, replacing Presidential son Paolo Duterte who resigned in December last year. (Mara Genotiva / davaotoday.com)

Lumad students and parents protest against militarization in schools in remote villages in Mindanao. Gathering in front of Kapitan Tomas Monteverde Sr. Central Elementary School in Davao City on January 10, 2018, they were expecting to meet Education Secretary Leonor Briones. The Secretary was supposed to visit the school on the same day. (Robby Joy D. Salveron / davaotoday.com)

Mindanao activists, human rights defenders, and Makabayan lawmakers ask the Supreme Court for an urgent temporary restraining order on the extended martial law in Mindanao. (Photo courtesy of Anakpawis Party-list Rep. Ariel Casilao)