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Presidential aspirant and boxing icon Emmanuel ‘Manny’ Pacquiao said that had he not become a boxer, he would have taken up arms and joined the New People’s Army because of poverty.

Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr.’s absence in broadcast interviews have factored in his downward trend in surveys as number one choice for the 2022 presidential race.

Volunteers of the Youth for Leni Davao were harassed by an unidentified person in their headquarters following their caravan Wednesday.

Presidential aspirants Vice President Leni Robredo, Senator Panfilo Lacson, Manila City Mayor Isko Moreno Domagoso and Senator Manny Pacquiao staged proclamation rallies in their home cities on Tuesday.

A leading member of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) in Mindanao was killed in an encounter in Mabini, Davao de Oro last week.

With the slow action of government in response to survivors of Typhoon Odette, lawmakers from Mindanao urged the passage of laws that will create a department focused on disaster response and to build permanent evacuation centers.

Personnel from the Phil. Coast Guard District Northern Mindanao rescue stranded residents living along or near the flooded Bitan-ag Creek in Cagayan de Oro as Typhoon Odette makes landfall in Mindanao Thursday afternoon, Dec. 16. (Jigger Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

Residents fear such events become a super spreader for the COVID-19 especially with news of a new omicron variant.

“I am just one of the many teachers who are victims of human rights violations and attacks on academic freedom made by (President) Duterte and NTF-ELCAC,” said Rosanilla ‘Lai’ Consad, an assistant principal of San Vicente National High School in Butuan City, and secretary of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers Union Region 13.

The quest for justice for all 58 victims continues with the #Fightfor58 campaign of the media community, the Justice Now Movement of the families of the media workers, and the intention to file a second wave of cases against those who were allegedly responsible for planning, carrying out, and covering up the crime.