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Read more about the article YULETIDE HARVEST
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)

YULETIDE HARVEST

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)

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Read more about the article Reds to AFP commanders: Let’s enjoy the holidays
AFFORDABLE PAROL. These Christmas lanterns are made of bamboos and assembled in Davao City’s Matina village. The prices are affordable ranging from 45 pesos to 300 pesos. The vendor said they display their trade along Bajada Street as early as November. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)

Reds to AFP commanders: Let’s enjoy the holidays

Saying that they have all the time of the year for military operations, a leader of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines urged all Armed Forces of the Philippines' (AFP) generals and commanders to allow their troops to go home and celebrate Christmas with their families as the rebels would also want to have a peaceful celebration with their families and friends.

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Read more about the article Visiting Lumad moms gave birth to 23 babies
Merly Salag, 39-year-old Manobo tribal resident of Barangay Mapula, Paquibato District, in northern Davao City takes care of his son, Rosal, 7, due to fever, along the road of Buhangin. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

Visiting Lumad moms gave birth to 23 babies

While they swept the city and stayed in crowded gyms during Christmas season, 23 Lumad babies were born, while 10 died, in statistics released by the City Social Services and Development Office (CSSDO) during Monday’s Kapehan sa SM.

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Read more about the article OWWA scores undetected entry of 8 OFWs from ebola-stricken country in Davao
Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) regional director, Eduardo Bellido speaks about global disease outbreaks and its implications to Filipino migrants during a forum commemorating the International Migrants' Day held at the Ateneo de Davao University, Thursday. (Hanz Realista Garado/davaotoday.com)

OWWA scores undetected entry of 8 OFWs from ebola-stricken country in Davao

Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA – XI) Regional Director Eduardo Bellido urged the local government to strengthen the monitoring system and quarantine policy

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