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Read more about the article Davao City increases COVID testing and tracing
FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19. Members of Davao City Transport and Traffic Management Office (CTTMO) distribute free face masks and pocket-size alcohol to public utility jeepney drivers along San Pedro Street to help fight the spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19), as the city faces a rising count of infections that have reached 1,000 this week. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)

Davao City increases COVID testing and tracing

The Davao City Government will be expanding its COVID-19 testing and “surveillance” of communities with COVID-19 cases to address the possible new surge of new variants.

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Read more about the article Standpoint | Stitching for Healing and Hope

Standpoint | Stitching for Healing and Hope

As a shared experience with fellow women, stitching for me has always been an avenue to release my frustrations and other unwanted emotions. During this pandemic, this practice has saved me from the lingering confusion with myself, and from the harshness and disharmony with the society. It has helped me reflect and make sense of what is happening within me and around me.

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Read more about the article Rights group urge court to reinvestigate murder charges on chairperson and regional officer

Rights group urge court to reinvestigate murder charges on chairperson and regional officer

Human rights group KARAPATAN urged a Davao City court to conduct a reinvestigation and recall the arrest warrants on their national chairperson Elisa Lubi and Southern Mindanao Region Secretary General Jay Apiag on charges of attempted murder.

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Read more about the article Gov’t freezes UCCP Haran deposit for ‘terrorism financing’
(From left to right)UCCP SEMJA Bishop Hamuel Tequis, UCCP MLJA Bishop Emergencio Padillo,NCCP General Secretary Bishop Norman Marigza, UCCP General Secretary Bishop Melzar Labuntog, Salugpongan leaders Datu Tungig Mansimuy-at and Datu Guinom Andil during a press conference at the UCCP Haran Center on Thursday, January 30. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)

Gov’t freezes UCCP Haran deposit for ‘terrorism financing’

The United Church of Christ of the Philippines Southeast Mindanao Haran Center, which houses the displaced Lumad families from Talaingod and Kapalong, is dismayed by the freezing of its bank deposit by the Anti-Money Laundering Council.

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