PHILIPPINE EAGLE WEEK. Photographers take pictures of a boy and a hawk during a display of endangered birds in a shopping mall in Davao City on June 5. The mall show is part of the celebration of the Philippine Eagle
MANSAKA MUSICIANS. (Above, L to R): Datu Rudy “Kimod” Onlos using a Lantoy; Bea Carmen Dansigan using a small Kudlong; Casey Dansigan using a Gimba. (Below, L to R): Datu Aguido Sucnaan Sr. using a big Kudlong, Datu Zaldy Pinang
STUFFED TOYS. Vendors sell stuffed toys and pillows along the highway in Barangay Lasang, Davao City. MindaNews photos by Froilan Gallardo
PROTECTED. Fishermen pass a thick mangrove forest in Sinacaban, Misamis Occidental. Part of this town’s coastal area belongs to the Misamis Occidental Aquamarine Park. MindaNews photo by H. Marcos C. Mordeno
WAITING FOR LEFTOVERS. A street kid plays outside a funeral parlor in Davao City, awaiting food items he could salvage from the garbage bins. Widespread poverty and over-population woes will stalk the incoming presidency of Noynoy Aquino. MindaNews photo by
WHEN WILL WE EVER LEARN? The floods are back once again in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao. And so are the loggers. Photographed somewhere in Barangay Salimbao of that town on May 7, 2010. Each fully grown tree is capable of absorbing
SUMMER’S ALMOST OVER. Kids enjoy an afternoon diving into the cool waters of Davao Gulf at the Santa Ana pier in Davao City days. In a few days, summer break will be over and it will be back to school
COOL. It’s not just the appearance of this hut within a private farm that’s cool. The place itself, Sitio Bol-ogan in Barangay Sungko, Lantapan, Bukidnon is cool since it’s just near the Mt. Kitanglad Range. Locals say that if there’s
BANCA RIDE. A young man helps a girl board a banca at the Santa Ana pier in Davao City . MindaNews photo by Froilan Gallardo
LONG, LONELY WAIT. In a place like Sitio Bol-ogan, Barangay Sungko in Lantapan, Bukidnon, waiting for a ride takes a lot of patience as only a few vehicles ply this portion of the Aglayan (Malaybalay)-Iligan Road owing to its poor
VIEW FROM THE GARDEN. The view from a garden in one of the exclusive subdivisions along Diversion Road in Davao City. Keith Bacongco/AKP Images
THE LAST DAYS OF SUMMER. Spend the last days of the summer vacation at the beach. Swim. Play frisbee. It’s back to school soon! MindaNews photo by Bobby Timonera
AQUAMARINE PARK. A group of fishermen rows past a thick mangrove forest in Sinacaban, Misamis Occidental. This part of the town’s coastal area belongs to the Misamis Occidental Aquamarine Park. MindaNews photo by H. Marcos C. Mordeno
NOGIE’S LEGACY? Members of Right to Know Right Now! Mindanao stage a picket at Freedom Park in Davao City Monday afternoon to urge Congress to ratify the Freedom of Information bill. Some placards, addressed to Speaker Prospero Nograles, said “Make
SIX MONTHS LATER. Journalists light candles during a mini-concert at the Press Freedom Monument in Cagayan de Oro City Sunday night to mark the sixth month of the Ampatuan Massacre of November 23, 2009. The concert was organized by the
PROUDLY MANOBO. Members of the Talahari, an all-Manobo band from barangay Panadtalan, Maramag, Bukidnon perform during the graduation rites last week of participants to the country’s first ever training on culture-sensitivity for teachers, at the Central Mindanao University in Musuan,
THIS WAY to the Center for Ecological Development and Recreation (CEDAR) in Barangay Impalutao, Impasug-ong, Bukidnon. The Center has a forest reserve, lots of bamboos and rattan and three waterfalls in one small place, which you can trek in 1.
Esmael “Toto” Mangudadatu emerges from a Simba tank upon arrival at the Provincial Capitol in Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao, Friday afternoon for the proclamation of winners. Mangudadatu is the new governor, Ismael “Dustin” Mastura is the new vice governor. MindaNews photo
NEW LEADERSHIP. Lakas-Kampi’s Esmael “Toto” Mangudadatu (right in black shirt) and his running mate, Ismael “Dustin” Mastura (in white shirt), are proclaimed late Friday by the Provincial Board of Canvassers as the governor-elect and vice governor-elect of Maguindanao. MindaNews photo
RED ON WHITE. The bloodstained Volkswagen of Bongo Island principal Abdulrakman Mero at the Police Station One in Cotabato City. The May 13 killing of Mero is the first election related violence reported in the city, police said. MindaNews photo
TRANSMITTING IN THE DARK. Poll clerk Jonalou Palma Gil (left), and Lilian Liban, a PCOS technician, refer to their manuals in transmitting the election results from the farm-flung barangay of Pantuyan in Caraga, Davao Oriental. The PCOS machine was carried
THE DAY AFTER. Unlike past elections when the day after is usually still tension-filled, in this year’s polling, soldiers rest under the shade of a tree at the Maguindanao provincial capitol in Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao a day after. MindaNews photo
Davao City Rodrigo Duterte feeds his ballot at PCOS machine at his voting precincts at Daniel R. Aguinaldo High School in Matina on Monday afternoon. Duterte and his daughter Sara who is running for mayor, are leading against opponents Benjamin
MAGUINDANAO VOTES. A Philippine Army tank displays a streamer calling for a peaceful and orderly elections patrol the national highway of Maguindanao province early morning of May 10, 2010. Motorcycle-riding men joined, too, in front of and behind the tank.
SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao- Voters look for their names outside the polling precinct where the Ampatuan clan used to vote in Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao. The Ampatuan patriach, Andal Ampatuan sr., along with three of his sons, are detained in Manila for
DOUBLE CHECK. Board of election inspectors conduct a manual count after a simultaneous testing of PCOS machines was in Koronadal Central Elementary School-1 a day before the May 10 election.
Board of election inspectors (BEI) and poll watchers test precinct count optical scan machine in Davao City a day before the election. Fifty million Filipinos are expected to troop tomorrow at polling centers across the country for the local and national elections.
NUR’S SULU. Crowd at the rally of Nur Misuari in Tulay Mosque Plaza in Jolo, Sulu on April 30. Misuari, long-time chair of the Moro National Liberation Front and longest-staying governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (1996 to
WHO’S RUNNING? Yes, that’s Datu Andal Ampatuan, Sr. , on the left and he’s running for vice governor with Datu Ombra Sinsuat (right) for governor. In the middle is Datu Sajid, Andal’s youngest son, who was Vice Governor from 2007
ELECTION PRAYER. Public school teachers at the City Central Elementary light candles on Friday and pledge to work for an honest and orderly elections on May 10. MindaNews photo by Froilan Gallardo
SERENE BUT… A serene farm scene amid the scorching heat in Pagalungan River, Montawal town, Maguindanao last Monday. MindaNews photo by Froilan Gallardo
FREEDOM. Salvacion Espina-Varona, the editor-in-chief of Philippine Graphic, elaborates on the topic of freedom of information during the World Press Freedom Day forum held on May 3 at the SM City Davao. She asserted that it is the right of
ONE WEEK MORE. A resident passes by a wall covered with posters of candidates running for various positions along Claveria Street in Davao City. It’s one week to the elections. MindaNews photo by Froilan Gallardo
Dr. Salipada Tamano representing Dr. Hamid Barra of the Ulama League, Acting Defense Secretary Norberto Gonzales, Davao Archbishop Fernando Capalla and Armed Forces Chief of Staff Delfin Bangit, along with Philippine National Police Chief Jesus Versoza (not in photo) gather
COOL. A couple spends the afternoon under a rainbow amidst the waters of the scenic Tinago Falls in Iligan City. MindaNews photo by Bobby Timonera
RAGE! The Alliance Against Impunity in Davao City marched to the mansion allegedly owned by suspended ARMM Governor Zaldy Ampatuan at Kalamansi St., Juna Subdivision on Friday for a 43-minute picket in front of its main gate.
A participant of the Scubasurero 2010 gathers trash, which apparently drifted to Samal Island from Dafvao City, at the shores of Malipano in Samal on Thursday. Contributed Photo
Looking for cheap ukay-ukay, just visit the stalls along City Hall drive in Davao City.
