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These students are among the residents who lit candles and offered prayers on Saturday afternoon, September 3, along Roxas avenue for the victim of the blast on Friday night. More than a thousand Davaoeños and local officials gathered for a memorial mass led by Davao Archbishop Romulo Valles and City Mayor Sara Duterte. (Maria Patricia C. Borromeo/davaotoday.com)

STAYING STRONG

These students are among the residents who lit candles and offered prayers on Saturday afternoon, September 3, along Roxas avenue for the victim of the blast on Friday night. More than a thousand Davaoeños and local officials gathered for a memorial mass led by Davao Archbishop Romulo Valles and City Mayor Sara Duterte. (Maria Patricia C. Borromeo/davaotoday.com)

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Read more about the article #StayStrongDavao: Nationwide candle-lighting for victims of Davao blast held
On Saturday afternoon, September 3, more than a thousand Davaoeños and local officials gather along Roxas avenue to light candles and offer flowers and prayers for the victim of the blast on Friday night. (Maria Patricia C. Borromeo/davaotoday.com)

#StayStrongDavao: Nationwide candle-lighting for victims of Davao blast held

Members of the militant group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) across the country held a nationally-coordinated candle lighting ceremony on Saturday afternoon, September 3 to express solidarity with Davao and to demand justice and show sympathy for the victims of the deadly explosion incident.

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Families grieve as they identify their kins killed in the blast that rocked the busy night market along Roxas street here Friday night, September 2. (Maria Patricia. C. Borromeo/davaotoday.com)

NIGHT MARKET BLAST

Families grieve as they identify their kins killed in the blast that rocked the busy night market along Roxas street here Friday night, September 2. (Maria Patricia. C. Borromeo/davaotoday.com)

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Read more about the article Duterte declares ‘state of lawlessness’ after Davao blast incident
President Rodrigo Duterte visits the blast site early morning Saturday, September 3. Duterte declared a state of lawlessness following the blast that killed at least 13 individuals in Davao City’s Roxas night market on Friday night, September 2, 2016. (Robinson Ninal/PPD)

Duterte declares ‘state of lawlessness’ after Davao blast incident

President Rodrigo Duterte declared on Saturday, September 3, a state of lawlessness following the explosion past 10:00 pm Friday night, September 2 at Roxas Street, a known place for Davao’s night market.

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