FLOWERS, LEI FOR GRADUATION
FLOWERS, LEI FOR GRADUATION. Vendors squeeze their graduation lei and flowers between grills to a potential customer during the graduation ceremony at the University of Southeastern Philippines Davao City.
A HOUSE USED TO STAND
A HOUSE USED TO STAND. Residents along Boulevared had put up markers like these on the lots where they houses used to stand, anticipating that they will return after local officials announced it would rehabilitate the area following the fire that razed over 1,000 houses. (Ace Morandante/davaotoday.com)
FREE WATER
FREE WATER. Residents who lost their houses to the fire at Quezon Boulevard last April 4 avail of free water at their community at Barangay 23-C to bathe and wash clothes. (Ace Morandante/davaotoday.com)
KITES FOR PEACE
Talaingod Manobo children at the UCCP compound in Davao fly kites with calls to stop military operations in their villages written on the kites. The activity was dubbed as "Tabanog sa Kalinaw" and organized by groups supporting the 1,300 Manobos who fled from their militarized villages in Davao del Norte.
ABORTED CLASSES
ABORTED CLASSES. Teody Mansimuy-at, a Manobo literacy-numeracy teacher in Barangay Palma Gil, Talaingod, Davao del Norte said they were forced to cancel plans of summer school because of alleged threats and abuses of Army troops present in their communities. Mansimuy-at is one of the 1300 plus Talaingod Manobos, mostly women and children, now in Davao City who fled Talaingod for the safety of Davao City.