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Duterte still obligated to cooperate with ICC investigation despite withdrawal
President Rodrigo Duterte has declared the Philippines’ withdrawal from the Rome Statute, a treaty which established the International Criminal Court (ICC). The ICC is currently conducting a preliminary examination into the Duterte administration’s bloody war on drugs.
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PANABO AS AGRO-INDUSTRIAL GATEWAY
Panabo City Mayor James Gamao delivers the 4th State of the City Address on Wednesday, March 14, 2018 at the Panabo Multi-Purpose Center. He focused on the accomplishments of his administration and their plans to achieve the city’s vision as the agro-industrial gateway to the world. (Photo by Marlo Ansano)
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IN PHOTOS: Datu Bago awardees for 2018
Seven Dabawenyos were conferred on Tuesday this year’s Datu Bago Award, the highest honor given by the local government of Davao City to its outstanding constituents.
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Election postponement erosion of democratic processes, poll workers say
Rank and file employees of the Commission on Election (Comelec) opposed moves at the House of Representatives to postpone the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK, community youth councils) elections (BSKE) for the third time, saying the move is part of the chronic erosion of democratic processes in the country. In a statement, the Comelec Employees…
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Global Voices Inks Partnership with the Philippines’ Kodao Productions
Global Voices has signed a content partnership with Kodao Productions, an alternative media company based in the Philippines. Established in 2000, Kodao is recognized as one of the oldest existing alternative news groups in the country. The word ‘kodao’ refers to an indigenous calendar used in southern Philippines to mark social events in a tribal…
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Stand with Samar | Farmers take gov’t to task for not addressing their plight
By RUTH LUMIBAO Bulatlat.com MANILA — The Philippines is an agricultural country but, ironically, farmers complain of government neglect. Though Eastern Visayas is often hit by typhoons and natural calamities, aid hardly reaches the poorest of the poor: the farmers from far-flung areas. But aside from natural calamities, another disaster plagues the farmers of Eastern…
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Progressives lambast DOJ as it frees ‘drug lords’
Progressive lawmakers on Tuesday branded President Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war as “death for the poor, and salvation for the rich” following the acquittal of the Department of Justice (DOJ) against suspected drug lords.