Read more about the article Sison accuses Duterte of siding with oligarchs
In his speech during the distribution of the Certificates of Land Owners Award (CLOAs) to some 3,400 agrarian beneficiaries, covering 5,808 hectares, in Northern Mindanao at the University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines on Wednesday, October 31, Pres. Rodrigo Duterte has ordered Agrarian Reform Sec. John Castriociones to prioritize the giving of lands to the peasants and landless following the massacre that killed nine sugarcane farmers in Sagay City, Negros Occidental, on October 20. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

Sison accuses Duterte of siding with oligarchs

“No amount of pretending to distribute land ownership certificates, be these token or fake, can cover up his selfish and ugly role as an ultra-reactionary part of the oligarchy.”

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Read more about the article PDEA – 10: Normin bus drivers tested negative for drugs
A Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-10 (PDEA) agent walks past passengers at the public bus terminal in Agora, Barangay Lapasan, Cagayan de Oro. PDEA, Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) and Land Transportation Office (LTO) are conducting “Oplan Undaspot 2018” in transport terminals to ensure that passengers going home for the holidays are safe. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

PDEA – 10: Normin bus drivers tested negative for drugs

About a hundred bus drivers employed by a bus firm operating all over Mindanao who underwent mandatory drug testing have been tested negative for traces of illegal substance, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-10 (PDEA-10) said.

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Read more about the article Camiguin begins branding its own lanzones
Contingents try to outdo each other during Camiguin’s 39th Lanzones Festival held Saturday, Oct. 27, in Mambajao, Camiguin. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

Camiguin begins branding its own lanzones

To ensure that the island-province’s fruit will be duly recognized, the local government has ordered that the lanzones going out of Camiguin will be put in boxes marked with the point of its origin.

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Read more about the article No ‘whitewash’ on probe of anti-narcotics agents says PDEA 10 chief
Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-10 regional director Wilkins Villanueva says he will not tolerate any wrongdoing committed by any of his agents as three PDEA-10 operatives are now facing criminal charges following an altercation with a group of taxi drivers in Cagayan de Oro City last week. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

No ‘whitewash’ on probe of anti-narcotics agents says PDEA 10 chief

The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency’s Internal Affairs Service (PDEA-IAS) is set to conduct an investigation on four persons, three of them anti-narcotics agents, involved in an altercation last week, PDEA-10 regional director Wilkins Villanueva said Monday, Oct. 29.

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