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Read more about the article Take MNLF seriously, groups urge Aquino over Zamboanga tension
MORE EFFORT. President Noynoy Aquino says he wants “a more centralized effort in search and rescue operations” in a briefing with local chief executives, cabinet members and government agencies Friday in Davao City. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

Take MNLF seriously, groups urge Aquino over Zamboanga tension

“The Moro question remains to be a complex problem and unless the roots of armed revolution are addressed and the Moro people’s right to self-determination is sincerely and genuinely upheld, it will pose as a gnawing wound in Philippine realpolitik,” said InPeace Mindanao chair Bishop Felixberto Calang IFI

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Read more about the article Netizens parry Aquino’s pork abolition pitch: ‘SEBO’, ‘HOLDAF’, ‘GOLAY’, ‘LIEMPO’

Netizens parry Aquino’s pork abolition pitch: ‘SEBO’, ‘HOLDAF’, ‘GOLAY’, ‘LIEMPO’

President Aquino III’s announcement Friday that “it is time to abolish PDAF” or the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) spurred epicurean invectives from journalists, activists and academe all over social media. They’d rather call it by other edibles.

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Read more about the article Law on Golden Rice ban urged
ADVOCATES AGAINST GMO Dr. Chito Medina of farmers support network MASIPAG (left) and Atty. Lee Aurelo of Third World Network (center) call for local and national laws to stop genetic-modified crops in the country for its negative effects on health, income and organic crops. They were resource persons in a forum last Thursday at Lispher Inn with City Councilors to discuss the banning of GMOs. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

Law on Golden Rice ban urged

Non-government organizations supporting organic food and farms want local and national laws to ban genetically-modified crops such as the controversial Golden Rice for its detrimental effect to health and farmers’ income.

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