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PANEL TO PANEL. Peace panels from the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines, together with the facilitators from the Royal Norwegian Government, resume their session on Sunday morning, May 28 to continue on sorting out how to push through with the scheduled fifth round of talks at the Radisson Blu Palace Hotel in Noordwijk Aan Zee in the Netherlands. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

Talks with NDF set in July  

President Rodrigo Duterte has announced that the formal peace talks with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) may resume ?in ??July.

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Read more about the article PH fishermen need escort in WPS, lawmaker suggests
TWILIGHT FISHING. A fisherman casts his net at nightfall in Naawan, Misamis Oriental. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)

PH fishermen need escort in WPS, lawmaker suggests

DAVAO CITY,Philippines –?In the latest controversy ?involving the Chinese Coast Guard divest?ing? poor Filipino fishermen of their catch at the West Philippine Sea, particularly in the area of Bajo de…

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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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