by keith bacongco | September 27, 2017 | Photojournalism
Four months after the fighting broke out in Marawi City, displaced residents are still languishing in 78 different evacuation centers across provinces of Lanao del Norte, Lanao del Sur and Misamis Occidental. The clashes between Philippine government forces and...
by keith bacongco | September 25, 2017 | Photojournalism
In the previous wars I’ve covered since 2000, military personnel were purely engaged in combat. Evacuees were apprehensive whenever they would see soldiers roaming even at the periphery of the evacuation centers. But recently, things have changed. The Civil...
by keith bacongco | September 25, 2017 | Photojournalism
Fighting still continues between the government forces and Maute terror group inside Marawi City for four months already. Military says the fighting is confined in a ‘small area’ near the Lake Lanao. The fighting, which erupted on May 23, has displaced at...
by keith bacongco | August 15, 2017 | Photojournalism
Random pictures of the 45-day Special Weapons and Tactics advance course under the Davao City Police Office. Handpicked personnel from the Task Force Davao also cross-trained with the police. ...
by keith bacongco | August 11, 2017 | Life with Dogs
After our dinner at home on Friday (August 11), Ruby told me while I was with the dogs at the kitchen that there were four rolls of lumpia left on the table. I told her that it’s for Kimi. Ruby paused for a second. As a general rule at home, all leftovers or any...
by keith bacongco | April 13, 2017 | Photojournalism
On Wednesday, April 12, residents of Kalilangan in Bukidnon and Wao in Lanao del Sur were rattled by a magnitude 6.0 earthquake. As of 8am of April 13, a total of 170 houses were partially damaged in these two towns, 117 of which are in Wao. The good news, no one was...
by keith bacongco | February 28, 2017 | Life with Dogs
[responsive] [/responsive] “If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.” – Will Rogers Since 2009, we are living with eight dogs at home. They are all Aspins except for Sophie (minipinscher – shitzu) and Maxi, a pure bred...
by keith bacongco | January 10, 2017 | Photojournalism
About 5,000 devotees joined the first Translacion of the Black Nazarene in Tagum City, Davao del Norte on Monday. Fr. Emerson Luego, parish priest of the Sagrado de Corazon, described it as a good start for the religious event. The five-kilometer procession kicked off...
by keith bacongco | December 27, 2016 | Photojournalism
The Communist Party of the Philippines celebrates its 48th founding anniversary at the hinterland village of Lumiad in Paquibato District in Davao City on December 26, 2016. A battalion of of New Peoples Army, the armed wing of the CPP, marched before thousands of...
by keith bacongco | December 12, 2016 | Photojournalism
Filipino-Norwegian Phillip Warren Gertsson captured his second freestyle football crown during the 4th edition of the Asian Freestyle Football Championships at SM Lanang Premiere in Davao City on Saturday, December 10. Gertsson beat Yo Kamatsuka of Japan. While Ardhi...
