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‘Remain confident, optimistic in Mindanao,’ MinDa chief tells MSU grads

An official of the Mindanao Development Authority appealed to the graduates of the Mindanao State University to remain confident and optimistic. This as the government starts rehabilitating the besieged city of Marawi.

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Read more about the article PHL, Indonesia border patrol culminates
FILING OF CASES. Major Ezra L. Balagtey, spokesperson of the Eastern Mindanao Command, during the AFP-PNP press conference on Wednesday, Feb 8, says that the 8th Infantry Battalion is coordinating with the Bukidnon provincial government to prepare the filing of cases against individuals believed to have a hand in the killing of government soldiers in Malaybalay City last February 3. (Photo by Marlo Joshua Brua)

PHL, Indonesia border patrol culminates

The holding of the Philippines-Indonesia coordinated border patrols, known as CORPAT PHILINDO, has officially culminated in a military ceremony last July 12 at 8th Manado Naval Base in Manado, Indonesia.

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Read more about the article Duterte’s 2nd SONA will be longer, more meaningful – Andanar
President Rodrigo Duterte said he is not a lapdog of the US, China or any other country, but only of the Filipino people. (TOTO LOZANO/Presidential Photo)

Duterte’s 2nd SONA will be longer, more meaningful – Andanar

Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said on Saturday that Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s speech for his second State of the Nation Address will be longer and more meaningful.

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Read more about the article Dying for the Earth: PHL still among deadliest countries for environment activists
An emotional Christina Lantaw holds a picture of slain farmer and anti-mining advocate Jimmy Saypan during Monday’s protest rally led by national minority alliance group Sandugo in front of the Department of Justice office in Padre Faura Street, Manila. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Dying for the Earth: PHL still among deadliest countries for environment activists

The brutal slaying of 28 land and environmental defenders in 2016 underscores the risk of environmental activism in the Philippines, placing the country again in the global spotlight as one of the deadliest countries in Asia and the world for environment activists.

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