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Read more about the article STATEMENT | Honoring Davao’s contribution to and continuing the struggle for rights and freedoms
JONES CIRCLE. Rallyists encircled human rights lawyers and mass leaders to protect them from being arrested during the Welga ng Bayan in 1984 in Jones Circle, Davao City. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com file photo)

STATEMENT | Honoring Davao’s contribution to and continuing the struggle for rights and freedoms

*Statement of Konsensya Dabaw on the 32nd anniversary of the 1986 EDSA People's Power uprising On the 32nd anniversary of the 1986 Revolution that expelled the dictator Ferdinand Marcos, Konsyensya…

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Read more about the article Media, rights groups slam Malacañang ban on Rappler’s Pia Ranada
Pia Ranada (Photo from Pia Ranada's Linkedin page)

Media, rights groups slam Malacañang ban on Rappler’s Pia Ranada

MANILA, Philippines - “Stepped-up attacks on press freedom and the people’s right to express is a requisite for dictatorship. The silencing of the press and of our citizens engaged in…

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Read more about the article Duterte’s ‘heartless’ for rejecting EO vs ‘endo’
Members of Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) join the One Billion Rising campaign on Tuesday, February 14 at the Rizal Park in Davao City. (Robby Joy D. Salveron/davaotoday.com)

Duterte’s ‘heartless’ for rejecting EO vs ‘endo’

MANILA, Philippines - Workers led by national labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) condemned as "heartless" President Rodrigo Duterte’s refusal to sign the labor sector’s draft Executive Order (EO) prohibiting…

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Read more about the article Five in 10 Dabawenyos already found their ‘forever’, survey says
A gay couple sit at a seawall as they watch the sea stretching to Samal Island resort. (Ace R.Morandante/davaotoday.com)

Five in 10 Dabawenyos already found their ‘forever’, survey says

DAVAO CITY, Philippines - About five in every 10 Dabawenyos who are in a relationship said they already found their "forever" and considered spending the rest of their lives with…

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