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Fishers seek withdrawal of Pinol’s galungggong import plan

A fisherfolk group asked on Friday Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol to withdraw the Fisheries Administrative Order 195 that allows the importation of 17,000 metric tons of scad or known locally as galunggong starting first week of September and December 31, in a bid to stabilize the fish’s price in the market.

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Karapatan to Imee Marcos: Sorry, millennials haven’t moved on from Martial law atrocities

Human rights group Karapatan lambasted Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos’ remark that millennials have moved on with the issues hounding her family, saying that it millennials protested against the burial of her father—the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos.  

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Read more about the article CEAP warns TRAIN 2 will ‘weaken’ private church-run schools
(From left to right) The Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines (CEAP) Secretary Sister Ma. Marissa Viri, RVM; President Fr. Joel Tabora, SJ; Vice President Fr. Elmer G. Dizon; Br. Dennis Magbanu, FSCN, CEAP treasurer; and Fr. Rex Andrew Alarcon, Advocacy Commission Chair during a press conference in Davao City on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

CEAP warns TRAIN 2 will ‘weaken’ private church-run schools

The country's association of Catholic-ran schools warned of the ill-effects of the second tranche of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law against church-run schools across the country, saying it would weaken the educational services offered by private sectarian schools.

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