Author: MARA S. GENOTIVA

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VICE MAYOR. Councilor Bernard Al-ag takes oath as the new Davao City Vice Mayor on January 10, 2017, replacing Presidential son Paolo Duterte who resigned in December last year. (Mara Genotiva / davaotoday.com)

VICE MAYOR

Councilor Bernard Al-ag takes oath as the new Davao City Vice Mayor on January 10, 2017, replacing Presidential son Paolo Duterte who resigned in December last year. (Mara Genotiva / davaotoday.com)

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Read more about the article Militiamen blocking food entry into villages, says Lumad group
SITIO TIBUCAG, TALAINGOD. Manobo residents of Sitio Tibucag, Barangay Dagohoy in Talaingod, Davao del Norte gathering for an early morning ritual on Nov. 30, Wednesday. Many of the residents ?are evacuees at the United Church of Christ in the Philippines Haran compound in Davao City who fled the community because of militarization and threats from paramilitary group Alamara. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Militiamen blocking food entry into villages, says Lumad group

A group of indigenous people cried foul on Wednesday, January 10, over an alleged blocking of food being transported to remote villages in Kapalong, Davao del Norte.

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Read more about the article Progressive lawmakers ask SC for TRO on martial law extension
PETITIONERS. Mindanao activists, human rights defenders, and Makabayan lawmakers ask the Supreme Court for an urgent temporary restraining order on the extended martial law in Mindanao. (Photo courtesy of Anakpawis Party-list Rep. Ariel Casilao)

Progressive lawmakers ask SC for TRO on martial law extension

DAVAO CITY, Philippines — Leaders of the Makabayan bloc on Monday, January 8, petitioned the Supreme Court (SC) to issue an "urgent" temporary restraining order (TRO) against the extended martial…

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Read more about the article Sara Duterte warns she might run for senator if…
Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte (Robby Joy D. Salveron/davaotoday.com)

Sara Duterte warns she might run for senator if…

DAVAO CITY, Philippines -- Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio may run for senator in the May 2019 midterm elections if her father's critics come in her way. "Huwag lang ako…

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