GRP peace panel member Atty. Rene Sarmiento says he feels very positive that the peace talks with the National Democratic Front will yield positive results in a peace forum held at the Ateneo De Davao University on Tuesday, Dec. 13. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Government peace panel member Atty. Antonio Arellano says the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front are looking at problems with different perspectives. He said the peace talks is a matter of bridging the gap between these perspectives as he expressed optimism on the GRP-NDF peace negotiations during the press conference held at the Ateneo de Davao University on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Merlinda A. Palencia, a professor from Adamson University, explains the benefits of “Virgomin” to both humans and the environment. Virgomin, an eco-friendly septic water treatment, is one of the products and technologies exhibited on Tuesday, Dec. 13, during the Mindanao-wide Technology Transfer Day held at the SMX Convention Center in Davao City. (Robby Joy Salveron/davaotoday.com)
Farmer Jose Baluso, 42, shows where he was hit by shotgun pellets fired by uniformed guards of Lapanday Foods Corporation on Monday, Dec. 12. Baluso says they asked for police assistance prior to the confrontation but said the police fled the scene as soon as the shooting began. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Tagum City Police investigators preparing the shotgun shells in ziplock bags gathered from the crime scene. On Dec. 12, Monday, banana plantation guards of Lapanday Foods Corporation shot the farmers, wounding six, two of which are currently in critical condition. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Tagum City Police Chief Superintendent Laudemer Laude says they can assure the safety of the agrarian reform beneficiaries in the disputed land at San Isidro, Madaum, Tagum City for as long as they do not attempt to harvest their produce. On Monday morning, Dec. 12, banana plantation guards shot the protesting farmers, wounding six, two of which are currently in critical condition. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Dr. Lucille V. Abad, head of Chemistry Research Section of the Philippine Nuclear Research, presents a bottle of their newly developed product called “Carageenan” which is used as plant food supplement for rice and other plants. Carageenan and other new technologies will be exhibited on Tuesday, Dec. 13 during the Mindanao-wide Technology Transfer Day organized by the Department of Science and Technology. (Maricar Emata/davaotoday.com)
A youth group performs a cultural presentation in front of the Eastern Mindanao Command Headquarter at Naval Station Felix Apolinario in Panacan, Davao City depicting the militarization of Lumad and peasant communities in Davao region during the global observance of the International Human Rights Day on Saturday, Dec. 10. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
Militant groups hold a protest rally in front of the Eastern Mindanao Command Headquarter at Naval Station Felix Apolinario in Panacan, Davao City on Saturday, Dec. 10 to denounce the continuing harassment of the military to human rights activists. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
As security guards of Lapanday Food Corporation fired warning shots against protesting farmers in Tagum City on Friday, Dec. 9, the farmers took off their shirts to show that they are unarmed and should not be accused of bringing guns in the protest site. The farmers are claiming a portion of the land from the banana company. (Photo from Kilab Multimedia)
