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Read more about the article HR advocate slams continuing attack on Philippine press
END IMPUNITY. Foreign delegates of the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP), journalists and church workers light candles at the St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Maa, Davao City to commemorate the death of 58 individuals, including 32 journalists, on the eighth year anniversary of the Maguindanao massacre on Thursday, November 23. (Medel V. Hernani / davaotoday.com)

HR advocate slams continuing attack on Philippine press

A human rights group condemned the alleged ongoing assault, particularly by government, on the members of the press in the Philippines, in time for the commemoration of World Press Freedom Day, May 3.

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Read more about the article ‘Mabinay 6’ pleads not guilty to charges
Youth activist Myles Albasin five others pleaded not guilty to charges of illegal possession of firearms and explosives before Judge Rosario Carriaga of the Regional Trial Court Branch 45 in Bais City on Wednesday, May 2. (Photo courtesy of Aninaw Productions)

‘Mabinay 6’ pleads not guilty to charges

The six allegedly members of the New People’s Army known as Mabinay 6 pleaded “not guilty” to criminal charges filed against them.

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Read more about the article POOLED EDITORIAL | Speak Truth to Power, Keep Power in Check

POOLED EDITORIAL | Speak Truth to Power, Keep Power in Check

RODRIGO R. Duterte’s presidency has altered and controlled the public discourse so radically in its favor in ways rude and bold. One tragic result: it has restricted and narrowed the celebrated freedom of the Philippine press and the people’s cherished right to know.

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Read more about the article IN PHOTOS: Thousands join defiant Labor Day rally in Davao
Workers under different labor federations march together in a march protest against any form of labor-only contract on Labor Day. (Mark Joy G. Basallajes/davaotoday.com)

IN PHOTOS: Thousands join defiant Labor Day rally in Davao

Three major labor federations march alongside each other in the streets here on May 1 to denounce President Rodrigo Duterte's failure to fulfill his campaign promise to stop any form of labor-only contracting in the country.

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Read more about the article Duterte signs EO to end ‘endo’ but labor suspicious
President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, May 1, has signed an Executive Order (EO) prohibiting illegal contracting and strengthening worker's rights to security of tenure in the country.

Duterte signs EO to end ‘endo’ but labor suspicious

As thousands of labor groups troop to the streets during the Labor Day protest on Tuesday, President Rodrigo Duterte has signed the executive order (EO) prohibiting illegal contracting, or subcontracting, and strengthening workers’ rights to security of tenure in the country.

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