Political prisoner Vanessa delos Reyes raised her fist at a press conference Friday announcing her temporary release as the court granted bail. Delos Reyes was a New People’s Army fighter until she was injured in the spine during an encounter in 2011 and placed under hospital arrest for three years. Family, schoolmates and cause-oriented groups had campaigned for her release on humanitarian grounds. (Ace R. Morandante/ davaotoday.com)
Believers flock the San Pedro Church in Davao City to be marked with an ashen cross in the forehead. This Catholic tradition called the Ash Wednesday formally opens the Catholic season of Lent. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Manong Lito, 64, tirelessly crafts rubber boss out of worn-out tires in his street shop along Acacia St., Davao City. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Women rights advocates announce activities for the coming International Women's Day. (L-R) Lorna Mandin of city government's Integrated Gender Development Division and Mae Ann Sapar of Gabriela Southern Mindanao. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Typhoon Pablo victims burn an effigy of President Aquino to symbolize their disgust on government's "inutility" to respond to the needs of disaster victims (Jaja Necosia/davaotoday.com)