Loud bombs and gunshots marred the solemn observance of the country’s 119th year of Independence day in this war-torn part of the country.
The National Democratic Front of the Philippines in Mindanao said the declaration of Martial Law in Mindanao fits into the "imperialist strategy of the US to gain domination in Asia and the Pacific."
Several soldiers and a few personnel carriers stay along the stretch of Davao City's San Pedro Street on Monday, June 12 while the Independence Day flag raising ceremony is being held at the Rizal Park here. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
The peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas said the country will only gain war, not freedom and independence as the US continue to step on the Philippines’national sovereignty.
Life is on a standstill, literally, on a cardboard for hundreds of thousands of civilians affected by the May 23 terrorist attack here.