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In line with the recently opened talks on socio-economic reforms between the government and the National Democratic Front, Universidad Nacional de Colombia researcher Francisco Gutierrez Sanin said implementation of reforms that would be agreed by both parties cannot be done without social movement?. Sanin is the guest? in a forum titled The Centrality of Land Equality in the Resolution of Rebellions at the Ateneo De Davao University on Thursday, Jan. 19. (Earl O. Condeza/davaotoday.com)

SOCIAL MOVEMENT

In line with the recently opened talks on socio-economic reforms between the government and the National Democratic Front, Universidad Nacional de Colombia researcher Francisco Gutierrez Sanin said implementation of reforms that would be agreed by both parties cannot be done without social movement?.

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Read more about the article City approves more aid to typhoon victims in Luzon
Davao City Councilor Danilo Dayanghirang, chair of the Committee on Finance, delivers a privilege speech during the 18th Council’s regular session on Tuesday, Nov. 8, proposing for an increase of the city’s real property tax. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

City approves more aid to typhoon victims in Luzon

The city council here approved under suspended rules Tuesday another P3 million cash assistance to three more provinces in Luzon that suffered from Typhoon Nina last December 2016.

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Read more about the article Duterte warns mayors on drug list: Resign or confess
President Rodrigo Duterte during the oath-taking ceremony at the Rizal Hall in Malacañan Palace on January 9, 2017. ACE MORANDANTE/Presidential Photo

Duterte warns mayors on drug list: Resign or confess

President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday gave local chief executives a stern warning, either to resign or confess what they know, if their names were found to be on the drugs list, among other personalities involved in the illegal drugs trade.

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On New Year’s eve, Tagum farmers forcibly evicted from disputed land

The cease and desist order issued by the Department of Agrarian Reform recently did not prevent plantation guards of Lapanday Food Corporations, Inc. from evicting farmers occupying the contested San Isidro farm area inside the Hijo plantation in Barangay Madaum in Tagum City on New Year's eve.

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