Duterte, Nograles squabble over broadcaster’s murder

By Marilou M. Aguirre | Davao Today

Mayor Rodrigo Duterte hinted that a Davao Congressman, who hired retired Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan as a consultant, must have known something about the killing of Davao broadcaster Ferdinand "Batman" Lintuan.

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Absence of firecrackers marks Davao city?s Yuletide season

By MARILOU M. AGUIRRE | Davao Today

The manufacture, sale, distribution, possession and use of firecrackers and other pyrotechnic devices have been prohibited in Davao since 2002 through a city ordinance passed by the Sangguniang Panlungsod. A year before that, Mayor Rodrigo Duterte imposed a total firecracker ban to avoid fire-cracker related injuries and deaths in the city.

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Duterte to seek ‘executive pardon’ for Lex Adonis

By MARILOU M. AGUIRRE | Davao Today

Mayor Rodrigo Duterte said he is going to seek executive pardon for Alexander "Lex" Adonis, the Davao broadcaster jailed for libel for reporting on the "Burlesque King" scandal, involving Duterte's political rival, first district Congressman Prospero Nograles.

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