In Pictures

Public utility jeepneys (PUJs) traverse along Quezon Boulevard in Davao City on Monday. The three-day nationwide transport strike led by transport group Manibela, which started on Monday, has no significant effect in Davao City. LEAN DAVAL JR

Some 1,600 supporters of former President Rodrigo Duterte gather at King’s Park in Perth, Western Australia on Saturday afternoon to stage a massive prayer rally to ask for the former President to be sent back home. NEIL BRAVO

A local artist paints a family portrait of the Dutertes at the sidewalk along Quimpo Boulevard in Davao City on Friday. LEAN DAVAL JR

Davao City Councilor Temujin “Tek” Ocampo, a former broadcast journalist, sponsors free T-shirt printing bearing messages in support of former President Rodrigo Duterte at the Rizal Park on Sunday. Those who avail of the free printing brought their own T-shirts. Mindanews photo by IAN CARL ESPINOSA

A young girl holds a "We Stand with FPRRD" streamer while watching the Solidarity Walk for former President Rodrigo Duterte as One Davao in Davao City on Sunday. LEAN DAVAL JR

Supporters of former President Rodrigo Duterte gather outside the Penitentiary Institution Haaglanden in Scheveningen, The Hague, Netherlands where his initial apperance before Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) was scheduled to take place on Friday. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

The five outstanding Dabawenyos receive their Datu Bago awards during the 53rd Conferment of Datu Bago Awards 2025 held at The Royal Mandaya Hotel on Friday evening. This year's awardees are Luis Alfonso Ybañez Aboitiz (posthumous), Perla Pichon Kwan, Maria Antonietta T. Pamintuan, Protacio Tan Tacandong and Josefina Carriedo-Tionko. A special award was also bestowed to Oscar Ong for his unwavering humanitarian service. LEAN DAVAL JR

A vendor fixes her display of different varieties of fish at a community market in Matina Aplaya, Davao City on Friday. Consumers opt to buy cheap variety of fish and vegetables due to the skyrocketing prices of pork. LEAN DAVAL JR

A Catholic faithful of foreign descent receives an ash marking of the holy cross on the forehead during a holy mass in observance of Ash Wednesday at St. Joseph the Worker Parish in Brgy. Sasa, Davao City on Wednesday. LEAN DAVAL JR

An elderly relative of a victim of the old Davao Airport bombing offers a prayer and a flower at the blast site during the 22nd commemoration of the tragic incident on Monday. The March 4, 2003 bombing claimed 22 lives and left 113 others injured. LEAN DAVAL JR