Moro group hits AFP: Why quickly blame ISIS on Cotabato blast?

A militant Moro group on Tuesday hit out the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for quickly blaming alleged ISIS militants as the group behind the deadly bomb explosion in Cotabato City last December 31 even a thorough probe has yet to conclude about the incident.

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CPP: Skirmish in Monkayo is NPA’s response to military ops

The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) said the communist rebel’s involvement in a clash with the military in Monkayo, Compostela Valley province was the New People’s Army (NPA) response to the offensive operation by government troopers despite the former’s yuletide holiday truce.

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Around 900 workers of Sumifru Philippines Corp., a banana-export plantation in Compostela Valley province, launch a strike on Monday, October 1, to demand the company to engage them in collective bargaining and regularization of their tenure. (Mara S. Genotiva/davaotoday.com)

Hearing of labor dispute at Japanese banana firm moved

Banana workers under the labor group called Namasufa will have to wait for next year to settle its labor dispute after the Sumifru management failed to show up in a meeting called by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Manila scheduled on Thursday.

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Read more about the article Uncertainty hounds poor amid growth, development prospect of Davao City
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Uncertainty hounds poor amid growth, development prospect of Davao City

The city’s supposed strengthening of the local economy continues to draw in investments in the year 2018—perhaps a glimpse of a growing empire in the south. But where do some Davaoenos see themselves amid all this hype?

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Read more about the article Military has long been engaged in hamletting of Lumad communities — Pasaka
'PULL? ?OUT TROOPS'.Lumad group PASAKA holds protest outside the venue of the Indigenous Peoples Summit on Thursday, February 1, to call for President Rodrigo Duterte to pull ?out the soldiers from Lumad communities to pave way for the safe return of Lumad evacuees in UCCP Haran. (Mark Joy G. Basallajes/davaotoday.com)

Military has long been engaged in hamletting of Lumad communities — Pasaka

Soldiers have been undertaking the “hamletting” of indigenous communities in its all-out war against communist rebels, even before the statement of President Rodrigo Duterte, a militant lumad group in Mindanao decried.

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