In a press conference last January 28, tribal leaders from Talaingod and Kapalong, Davao del Norte spoke in behalf of the hundreds more staying in the UCCP Haran Center in Davao City that they have chosen to stay amidst the clear and present threats to their lives by the presence of the members of the military and paramilitary which their local governments failed to address for years. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
Dancers perform a lion dance at the lobby of the Limketkai Luxe Hotel as part of the Chinese New Year celebration on Sunday, Jan. 26. The Chinese New Year was on Jan. 25. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)
Dancers perform a lion dance at the lobby of the Limketkai Luxe Hotel as part of the Chinese New Year celebration on Sunday, Jan. 26. The Chinese New Year fell on Jan. 25. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)
A performer holds up a small statue of the Sto. Niño during a Sinulog dance competition held at the Piaping Itum neighborhood in Barangay Macabalan, Cagayan de Oro, late Sunday (Jan. 19). Macabalan is one of the barangays in the city where the Sinulog Festival, which has its origin in Cebu, is being celebrated. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)
Thousands of people join the traslacion of the statue of the Black Nazarene during the religious figure’s feast day in Cagayan de Oro on Thursday (Jan. 9). (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)
Local fishermen of Bantayan Island get ready to sail for an overnight catch of different kinds of seafood. They supply nearby resorts and restaurants, as well as local markets, with seafood. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)
Norma Acuña (right), 72, lights a candle as she offers a prayer for those who perished in the flood brought by Typhoon Sendong eight years ago on Dec. 16, 2011 at the Sendong Memorial Wall in Gaston Park, Cagayan de Oro, Monday (Dec. 16). Acuña is a Sendong survivor. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)
These students in a rally on the State of the Nation Address of former President Joseph ‘Erap’ Estrada held newspapers with altered headlines bearing their calls for truth and justice to be revealed in the president’s SONA. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
Media organizations, campus journalists, academe, human rights advocates, and other sectoral groups in Davao City unite on becoming a collective voice to defend and uphold press freedom and right to freedom of expression following the successful press freedom forum at the Ateneo de Davao University (ADDU) on Wednesday, Dec. 11. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
A farmer in quake-affected community in Mlang town, Cotabato province starts to prepare the rice fields early in the morning despite continuing aftershocks in the area. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)
