Here are some photos taken during the Martial Law years in Davao City from the files of the now defunct Media Mindanao News Service:
SNAP ELECTION. Workers from Davao City and Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur rode on a truck owned by the Aboitiz who supported then President Corazon Aquino. The rallyists gathered in Magsaysay Park in support of the candidacy of Aquino and vice presidentiable Doy Laurel in 1986.
WELGA NG BAYAN. Lyda Canson (second form left) negotiate with the members of the Philippine Constabulary in a protest rally calling for the ouster of former President Ferdinand Marcos along Claveria Street in 1983. Also in photo is Atty. Tony Azarcon (right) and a nun from Task Force Detainees of the Philippines.
PHILIPPINE CONSTABULARY. Two members of the Philippine Constabulary walk toward the picket line in Jones Circle after protesters blocked the road in a 1983 rally.
JONES CIRCLE. Rallyists encircled human rights lawyers and mass leaders to protect them from being arrested during the Welga ng Bayan in 1983 in Jones Circle, Davao City.
RELEASE MY PAPA. 3-year old Glades Jane Maglunsod, daughter of former Anakpawis Partylist Representative and Kilusang Mayo Uno Vice President for Mindanao Joel Maglunsod, attended rallies calling for the release of her father who was a political detainee in 1984. Here she joined a rally held in Magsaysay Park, Davao City. (Contributed photo )
