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Read more about the article Davao farmers join national day of protest for genuine agrarian reform
SCRAP AVAs. Farmers under the Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries One Movement (AOM) hold a protest outside the venue of the pubic hearing of the House of the Representatives Committee on Agrarian Reform on the impact of agribusiness venture arrangements (AVAs). Protesting farmers call for the cancellation of all AVAs to grant them full control of their lands awarded by the government. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)

Davao farmers join national day of protest for genuine agrarian reform

Farmers from various organizations in Southern Mindanao staged a protest in front of the office of Department of Agrarian Reform in Region XI (DAR-XI) at Catalunan, Pequeño in this city to slam the government’s failure to enact a genuine agrarian reform program that will render justice to farmers who have long been chained by landlessness, tenancy and poverty.

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Read more about the article Don’t force media to become witness in anti-drug ops – NUJP
Photo courtesy of Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Region 11 (PDEA 11)

Don’t force media to become witness in anti-drug ops – NUJP

The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines called for the repeal of section 21 of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act which requires the presence of media as among three representatives in the inventory and documentation of confiscated drugs and paraphernalia in raids and apprehension.

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Read more about the article NCCC mall, call center owners charged with reckless imprudence
FIRE OUT. A firefighter sprays pressurized water onto a burning portion of NCCC Mall Davao. Authorities declared on December 24, 2017, that the fire in the mall has been put off. (Photo courtesy of the Breakaway Media)

NCCC mall, call center owners charged with reckless imprudence

The Inter-Agency Anti-Arson Task Force recommended the filing of criminal charges of reckless imprudence resulting to multiple homicide and multiple physical injuries against the owners of the NCCC mall and the American Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) company SSI for last years mall fire which killed 38 call center workers.

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Read more about the article High military troops concentration in Talaingod assailed
'PULL? ?OUT TROOPS'.Lumad group PASAKA holds protest outside the venue of the Indigenous Peoples Summit on Thursday, February 1, to call for President Rodrigo Duterte to pull ?out the soldiers from Lumad communities to pave way for the safe return of Lumad evacuees in UCCP Haran. (Mark Joy G. Basallajes/davaotoday.com)

High military troops concentration in Talaingod assailed

The PASAKA Lumad Confederation blamed the deployment of several Army battalions in the hinterlands of Talaingod in Davao Del Norte and Bukidnon for the displacement and alleged human rights violations to the Manobo tribe.

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Read more about the article Appointment not a promotion but a mission, Cardinal Tagle reminds newly ordained bishop
A priest helps Bishop Raul Dael prior to his ordination at the St. Augustine Metropolitan Cathedral on Thursday. Dael will serve as the bishop of Tandag in Surigao del Sur. (Jigger J. Jerusalem)

Appointment not a promotion but a mission, Cardinal Tagle reminds newly ordained bishop

“Not a promotion but a mission.” This was the message of Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle to Fr. Raul Dael during his ordination as bishop attended by hundreds of Roman Catholic devotees and fellow priests on Thursday, June 7.

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