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Read more about the article KMP tells Congress to bury the long-dead CARP, legislate GARB
YULETIDE HARVEST. Farm-workers harvest rice in Pigkacawayan, North Cotabato to catch-up with traditional Christmas feasts and save-up for next year. Farmers say they will have difficulty finding farm-work for the next six months as the area will suffer water supply shortage for the first half of 2015. (Kenette Jean Millondaga/davaotoday.com)

KMP tells Congress to bury the long-dead CARP, legislate GARB

The Committee on Agrarian Reform at the House of Representatives is seeking to amend the age requirement of heirs of landowners under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law.

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Read more about the article Massacre of 8 MILF fighters condemned
Photo taken at the house where eight members of Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces-Moro Islamic Liberation Front (BIAF-MILF) and a civilian was killed at Barangay Kilada, Matalam town, Cotabato. (Photo courtesy of Kawagib Moro Human Rights)

Massacre of 8 MILF fighters condemned

The KAWAGIB Moro human rights group condemned the “massacre” of eight members of the 105th Base Command of the Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces-Moro Islamic Liberation Front (BIAF-MILF) and one civilian by the Matalam Provincial Police and the 7th IB of the Philippine Army in an anti-drug operation in Matalam, North Cotabato.

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Read more about the article Bill seeking to grant Filipino citizenship to Aussie nun filed in Congress
FACT-FINDING MISSION. Australian missionary Sr. Patricia Fox, works with human rights workers in compiling cases of human rights violations recorded during the International Fact-finding and Solidarity Mission at Madaum, Tagum City on Saturday, April 7, 2018.

Bill seeking to grant Filipino citizenship to Aussie nun filed in Congress

Members of the Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, May 30 filed House Bill No. 7806 for the granting of Filipino citizenship to Australian Missionary Sister Patricia Fox.

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Read more about the article BBL gets nod from House, Senate
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)

BBL gets nod from House, Senate

In just one night of marathon sessions, both chambers of Congress unanimously passed their respective versions of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) which seeks to abolish the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).

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