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Police readies for school opening
Authorities in Region 11 now gears up for the “Oplan Balik Eskwela” 2018 this coming June 4.
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Substantial wage hike urgent, gov’t told
Research group IBON said that the government’s recently announced plan to respond to labor’s clamor for an increase in the minimum wage is welcome but underscored that this move is urgent amid rising prices. The group said that the hike should be meaningful enough to keep up with accelerating inflation and worsening poverty. Amid the…
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Congress mangled BBL, critics say
Critics have slammed the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) measures passed by both Houses of Congress, saying these fail to recognize the Bangsamoro’s right to self-determination. In separate statements, Suara Bangsamoro and Bayan Muna have dismissed the approved versions of the bills at the House of Representatives and the Senate as a betrayal of the Bangsamoro…
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For bashing the Chief, police reassigned
One personnel from the Davao City Police Office has been reassigned in Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) after he was found bashing Philippine National Police (PNP) Director General Oscar Albayalde online.
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READY FOR SCHOOL
An incoming Grade 3 student receives school supplies from the local government of Davao City after he queued along with other parents and children to ask for assistance at the City Mayor’s office on Thursday morning, May 31, 2018. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)
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Interim peace agreement must include basic reforms – NDFP
Even as she sees the probability of the signing of an interim peace agreement (IPA) with the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP), a member of the panel of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) reiterated the significance of integrating basic reforms into the agreement.
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A woman who ‘squeezed men’s balls’ in defense of her homeland
By Kimberlie Ngabit-Quitasol BONTOC, MOUNTAIN PROVINCE–Today, May 31, Petra “Ina Tannao” Macliing, a pioneering indigenous woman leader who stood against corporate greed, development agression and martial law was laid to rest in her beloved Mainit village in Bontoc, Mountain Province. She is far from being “weak and meek”—as President Rodrgio Duterte said women are. She…
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CASER may be approved by July or August—Joma
Jose Maria Sison said a Comprehensive Agreement on Social and Economic Reforms (CASER) may be approved between the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) in about two months. In response to yet another assurance from GRP President Rodrigo Duterte for his safety should he…