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Read more about the article Tribal rights won’t be disrespected under federal government
Lita Ondag, an Ata-Manobo leader of Sitio Nalubas, Barangay Palma Gil in Talaingod Davao del Norte, joins the march and rally in Davao City Monday in observance of the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples Day on August 9. The Lumads are calling for the protection of their yutang kabilin (ancestral lands) and environment from corporate plunder. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)

Tribal rights won’t be disrespected under federal government

An official of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) assured that the rights of indigenous peoples (IPs) would not be stripped under a.federal government.

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Read more about the article Three House factions vie for minority bloc
IT'S A GO. 17th Congress votes in favor of extending Martial Law until December 31, 2017 during the Congress Joint Session at the House of Representatives, Quezon City on Saturday. (davaotoday.com)

Three House factions vie for minority bloc

The battle among the three factions vying to be recognized as the true minority bloc in the House of Representatives continues.

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Read more about the article Davao City Councilor endorses Senate Bill increasing statutory rape age
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Davao City Councilor endorses Senate Bill increasing statutory rape age

Davao City Councilor Avegayle Dalodo Ortiz, Chair of the Committee on Children, Women and Family Relations, asked the City Council to pass a resolution supporting the pending Senate Bill increasing the age for determining statutory rape to provide stronger protection for children.

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Read more about the article Cops must not compel the innocent to surrender – lawyers group
Members of the Makabayan Bloc together with the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan and Movement against Tyranny held a press conference last June 27 and denounced the issuance of arrest warrant and the filing of murder charges against former partylist representatives Satur Ocampo and Teddy Casi?o of Bayan Muna, NAPC chair Liza Maza and former DAR Secretary Rafael Mariano.(Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)

Cops must not compel the innocent to surrender – lawyers group

Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Dir. Gen. Oscar Albayalde’s appeal to former party-list lawmakers—including National Anti-Poverty Commission chief Liza Maza— to surrender, is wrong and an injustice, the legal counsel of the group asserted on Monday.

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Read more about the article CPP warns of more rights abuses under Duterte-Arroyo partnership
RED FLAG. The flag of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) waves in the wind somewhere in the province of Compostela Valley. The CPP celebrated the 44th anniversary of its re-establishment Wednesday. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)

CPP warns of more rights abuses under Duterte-Arroyo partnership

As the Communist Party of the Philippines denounced the recent resurrection of trumped-up cases against former congressional representatives of the Makabayan bloc, the group also warned the people of more rights abuses under the partnership of President Rodrigo Duterte and House Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

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