Young girls playing and enjoying a wooden bicycle on the rough roads of Sitio Lumangking in Dumingag, Zamboanga del Sur which is considered as 'World...
Native houses of Subanen tribe. Subanen is one of the endangered tribes in Mindanao. Dumingag town in Zamboanga del Sur province in the island of...
Evacuees affected by the stand-off between Philippine government forces and Muslim rebels sit anchored in their wooden boats used also as temporary...
Evacuees affected by the stand-off between Philippine government forces and Muslim rebels sit anchored in their wooden boats used also as temporary...
Residents living near the area of a stand-off between the Philippine military and Muslim gunmen in Zamboanga are pictured in boats after evacuating...
Dancers perform during the Hudyaka Zanorte Festival on June 12, 2010 in the city of Dapitan, Zamboanga del Norte on the island of Mindanao, Southern...
Jah iChikwendiu/TWP The Filipino military set up an impromptu check-point, called a snap check-point, in the southern Philippine city of Zamboanga...
Policeman searches for clues around the beach house of kidnapped victim Swiss-born and naturalized Filipino Charles Reith in Zamboanga City on April...
Roman Catholic devotee Jeffrey Francisco grimaces as he is nailed to a cross during a re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ in Zamboanga...
An armed policeman stands guard as Roman Catholic devotee Jeffrey Francisco carries a cross during a re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ...
Marines Jahi Chikwendiu/TWP US Marine Garey teaches himself to play a guitar given to him by local boys at Edwin Andrews Airbase in Zamboanga City,...
Marines Jahi Chikwendiu/TWP Rodolfo Enriquez standing next to photos given to him by US military men, was injured when a terrorist bomb went off at...
Marines Jahi Chikwendiu/TWP US Marine Jonah Harper from Ft. Walton Beach, FL, stands guard for the C130 that's bring in supplies and more marines to...
Marines Jahi Chikwendiu/TWP US Marine PFC Jonah Harper from Fort Walton Beach, FL, stands guard as a C-130, carrying goods and more Marines, unloads...
Marines Jahi Chikwendiu/TWP US Marine Chris Funk, from the Baltimore area, patrols the streets of Zamboanga, Philippines, in anticipation of the...
Marines Jahi Chikwendiu/TWP US Marines stand guard at an elementary school during a humanitarian mission in the Campo Islam section of Zamboanga...
Marines Jahi Chikwendiu/TWP US Marine LCPL John Esparza from Festus, MO, talks about weapons maintenance with Sgt. Erick Lalata of the Philippines...
Marines Jahi Chikwendiu/TWP US Marine Chris Funk talks with Philippine marines about weapons maintenance in Zamboanga City, Philippines. Funk spent...
Medical personnel prepare to carry one of the 17 wounded after Al Qaeda-linked Muslim militants raided Maluso town in Basilan on Mindanao island out...
Medical personnel carry one of the 17 wounded after Al Qaeda-linked Muslim militants raided Maluso town in Basilan on Mindanao island out of a ferry...
Resident among the 17 wounded after Al Qaeda-linked Muslim militants raided Maluso town in Basilan on Mindanao island is carried out of a ferry boat...
Released Irish priest Michael Sinnott speaks during a press conference at a military airbase in Zamboanga City on November 12 hours after he was...
Released Irish priest Michael Sinnott is escorted prior to boarding a plane bound for Manila at a military airbase in Zamboanga City on November 12...
Jocelyn Inion , one of the kidnapped female teachers is greeted by relatives in Sibugay, near Zamboanga city in Mindanao island on September 24, 2009...
Jocelyn Inion , one of the kidnapped female teachers is hugged by a relative in Sibugay, near Zamboanga city in Mindanao island on September 24, 2009...
An unidentified wife of one of the slain Philippine marines weeps beside the coffin of her husband during a ceremony in Zamboanga City on September...
Suhudi Ocenyo Jawani, a member of a Muslim terrorist group, also known as Abu Masib and Ibno Madja sits inside a military camp in Zamboanga City on...
Suhudi Ocenyo Jawani, a member of a Muslim terrorist group, also known as Abu Masib and Ibno Madja sits inside a military camp in Zamboanga City on...
Lita Casumlon , a survivor of the ill-fated 'Superferry 9' that sank in southern Philippine waters with nearly 1,000 people on board off the...
Lita Casumlon , a survivor of the ill-fated 'Superferry 9' that sank in southern Philippine waters with nearly 1,000 people on board off the...
Survivors of Superferry 9 pack the decks of the cargo ship Myriad, owned by the Aboitiz company which also owns the Superferry 9, as it arrives at...
Man carries a two-month-old off a ferry after arriving in the city of Iloilo, in the central Philippines on September 7, 2009 a day after the child...
Red Cross volunteer carrying a child survivor of the sinking Superferry 9, rushes to a hospital in Zamboanga city on September 6, 2009. Five people...
Police and medical personnel assist rescued passengers of Superferry 9 as they arrive at the port of Zamboanga on September 6, 2009 after being...
Mother clutching her child cries as she and other survivors of Superferry 9 arrive at the port of Zamboanga on September 6, 2009 after being rescued...
Survivors of Superferry 9 pack the decks of the cargo ship Myriad, owned by the Aboitiz company which also owns the Superferry 9, as it arrives at...
Mother clutching her child cries as she and other survivors of Superferry 9 arrive at the port of Zamboanga on September 6, 2009 after being rescued...
Survivors of Superferry 9 arrive at the port of Zamboanga on September 6, 2009 after being rescued at sea where the ferry they were travelling on...
Mother clutching her child, one of the survivors of Superferry 9, along with others arrive at the port of Zamboanga on September 6, 2009 after being...
Philippine President Gloria Arroyo consoles the families of fallen soldiers at a military camp in Zamboanga City on August 15 and pays her respects...
Philippine President Gloria Arroyo pays her respects before the coffins of some of the 23 soldiers at a military camp in Zamboanga City on August 15...
Philippine marines carry the coffins of fallen comrades during a short religious rite at the Western Mindanao military headquarters in Zamboanga City...
An unidentified wounded Philippine Marine receives a medal from the military regional commander, Major General Benjamin Dolorfino , at a hospital in...
Wounded Philippine Marine receives treatment at a hospital in the southern Philippine city of Zamboanga on August 13, 2009 a day after soldiers and...
Freed Italian hostage Eugenio Vagni waves as he boards a plane at a military airbase in Zamboanga on July 12, 2009 after his release. Gaunt and...
Freed Italian hostage Eugenio Vagni is escorted by Western minndanao Command chief Lieutenant General Nelson Allaga at a military airbase in...
