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North Cotabato councilors ok ordinance on positive discipline for kids

By PAUL RANDY P. GUMANAO Davao Today The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) defines ‘corporal’ or ‘physical’ punishment as any punishment that makes use of physical force to cause pain or discomfort. Unicef goes on to say that corporal punishment usually involves hitting, for example, slapping or spanking children with the hand or with an implement. The CRC views corporal punishment as invariably degrading.

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Nothing to celebrate on IPRA’s 15th year, party-list says

By DANILDA L. FUSILERO Davao Today “The IPRA law only served as a tool to legally plunder our ancestral lands. The law, in its present form, cannot provide the realization and attainment of our rights” -- Francesca Tolentino, secretary general of the Katribu Partylist

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MILF gets advice: seek active defense

By John Rizle L.Saligumba Davao Today Madlos said that the NDFP calls on other legitimate Moro armed groups and the Moro people to strengthen their struggle in two fronts. “First, in the assertion of basic human and political rights, persist and broaden the Moro mass movement by the thousands; and second, strengthen and further intensify the Moro armed revolutionary resistance against our common enemy – the fascist state and its armed forces, and US military interventionist forces.” 

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Mixed Martial Arts and Kickboxing kick off

By Krista V. Melgarejo Davao Today Jonathan “Spartan” Sumogat faced Mike John Bandera in a flyweight stand-up kick boxing match. Sumogat clinched a quick victory after Bandera was unable to continue with the fight in the first round. It was his sixth victory and he remained undefeated in the history of Smoker Fights.

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