Local fishermen of Bantayan Island get ready to sail for an overnight catch of different kinds of seafood. They supply nearby resorts and restaurants, as well as local markets, with seafood. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)
Norma Acuña (right), 72, lights a candle as she offers a prayer for those who perished in the flood brought by Typhoon Sendong eight years ago on Dec. 16, 2011 at the Sendong Memorial Wall in Gaston Park, Cagayan de Oro, Monday (Dec. 16). Acuña is a Sendong survivor. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)
These students in a rally on the State of the Nation Address of former President Joseph 'Erap' Estrada held newspapers with altered headlines bearing their calls for truth and justice to be revealed in the president's SONA. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
Media organizations, campus journalists, academe, human rights advocates, and other sectoral groups in Davao City unite on becoming a collective voice to defend and uphold press freedom and right to freedom of expression following the successful press freedom forum at the Ateneo de Davao University (ADDU) on Wednesday, Dec. 11. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
A farmer in quake-affected community in Mlang town, Cotabato province starts to prepare the rice fields early in the morning despite continuing aftershocks in the area. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)