Anti-pork group rages on Estrada’s exposé involving Malacañang

Librado-Trinidad said this situation, where elite politicians are infighting among themselves, leaves people no choice but to intensify their protests. “I believe our fight against corruption and bureaucrat capitalism must intensify as no one can effectively carry out this fight but us,” she said.

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Department of Agriculture XI Regional Director Remelyn Recoter.

DA-XI seeks Php 1-B for rehab of Pablo-hit farms

By TYRONE A. VELEZ Davao Today Davao City-- The Department of Agriculture (DA) Region XI is seeking Php 1 billion to rehabilitate damaged farms and plant various crops in an…

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Read more about the article Groups to Duterte: US stands to gain in bomb threats
NO TO US INTERVENTION. “Access arrangement” with foreign troops is contrary to national sovereignty, national interest and the Constitution. This was how members of the militant Bagong Alyansang Makabayan viewed the plan of the Aquino government as they protest Thursday in Davao City. They slammed the plan of allowing US troops to make the country a temporary, worse permanent, base for the war on aggression through the “one-sided” Visiting Forces Agreement. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)

Groups to Duterte: US stands to gain in bomb threats

Radio commentator Dodong Solis said this is the first time the mayor “mellowed down” from his tough position against US intervention because of the American government’s “arm twisting to get what they want.”

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Partylist asks Congress to probe entry of MNLF in Zamboanga City

In House Resolution 302, Bayan Muna asked the committee on peace, reconciliation and unity to investigate whether or not the government terminated the tripartite review of the 1996 Final Peace Agreement with the MNLF, which claimed that this provoked their members to march into Zamboanga City on September 9.

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Palace dared to address PNoy’s pork, patronage politics , too

Ateneo de Davao University political science professor Ramon Beleno, told a recent forum on Understanding Pork, that “Napoles is not the center of this issue, but rather President Aquino on how he acts on this, and how he acts on his vast special funds.”

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