Photo: Street life in Zamboanga

A man cooks rice while his father sells cigarettes and candies on a sidewalk in Zamboanga City in the southern Philippines, a known stronghold of the oppostion. President Gloria Arroyo appeals anew to the opposition and other sectors of society to put politics aside and instead lend a helping hand in spurring economic growth and move the country forward for the benefit of all Filipinos. (Zamboanga Journal)