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Tagum City broadcast journalist Bogart Saliot speaks before the crowd during the condemnation rally held in front of the old Tagum City Hall on Saturday. The rally was attended by members of the local press who demanded justice for their slain colleague, Gregorio “Loloy” Ybañez. (Mart D. Sambalud/davaotoday.com)

Amid the calls urging him to run as president, Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte announces his final decision not to run in 2016 elections during a special press conference Monday afternoon at a hotel in Magallanes, Davao City. Duterte also said sorry to his supporters. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

Marlinda Indao, one of the council members of Tikulpa (Tinananon, Kulamanon Lumadnong Panaghiusa sa Arakan), an association of indigenous peoples farmers in Arakan, North Cotabato, narrates her experience during the Army's arrival in Barangay White Culaman, Kitaotao, Bukidnon on August 28. She said they were restricted to tend their farms and the military branded them as supporters of the New People's Army. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)

SUPPORTERS. Thousands of supporters from different parts of the country gather at the San Pedro Square in Davao City to urge Mayor Rodrigo Duterte to run for president this coming 2016 elections. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)