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Read more about the article Four new Covid-19 test facilities underway in Davao Region
LABORATORY TRAINING IN ACTION. Davao Regional Medical Center personnel undergo hands-on training on laboratory techniques and procedures for SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics in UP Mindanao in preparation for the COVID-19 facility of the hospital. (Photo from Philippine Genome Center-Mindanao)

Four new Covid-19 test facilities underway in Davao Region

The Department of Health Davao Region encourages provincial government units to set up Covid-19 testing facilities as Davao de Oro province began construction of their own facility.

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Read more about the article Davao activists join global action urging UN probe on killings
Church ministers and activists in Davao City hold out placards urging the UNHRC to investigate the human rights situation in the Philippines.during the Global Day of Action on September 14 (Photos from Karapatan SMR)

Davao activists join global action urging UN probe on killings

During the Global Day of Action on the first day of the 45th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Monday, human rights workers and advocates joined the online action by raising concerns of unsolved killings in the region.

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Read more about the article Duterte’s pardon of US Marine who murdered transgender fuels outrage

Duterte’s pardon of US Marine who murdered transgender fuels outrage

President Rodrigo Duterte's absolute pardon to American Marine Joseph Scott Pemberton, convicted of killing transgender Jennifer Laude in 2015, drew strong condemnation from Filipinos, calling it a "subservience" to the US government.

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