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Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Senior Labor Officials join hands at the start of the two-day ASEAN Labor Ministers' Retreat at Marco Polo Hotel in Davao City on Sunday. From left: Abdul Mutalib POKSSDP Haji Mohd Yusof, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, Brunei Darussalam; CHUOP Narath, Deputy Director General of Labour, Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training, Cambodia; Maruli Apul Hasoloan, Director General, Manpower Placement Development and Job Opportunity Expansion, Ministry of Manpower, Indonesia; Phongsaysack INTHALATH, Director General of Labour Management Department, Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, Lao PDR; Hans Leo Cacdac, Administrator, Overseas Workers Welfare Administration-Department of Labor and Employment, Philippines; Aubeck Kam, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of State (Manpower), Singapore; Dato' Mohd Jeffrey Bin Joakim, Director General of Labour, Department of Labour Peninsular Malaysia, Malaysia; Khin Nway Oo, Deputy Director General ASEAN Unit, International Division, Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population, Myanmar; Chaiyot Yousub, Director, International Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Labour, Thailand; Ta Thi Thanh Thuy, Head of Legislation Division, Department of Overseas Labor Administration, Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, Vietnam and H.E. Vongthep Arthakaivalvatee and Deputy Secretary General, ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community. (Photo by ASEAN Secretariat)

ASEAN meet to tackle migrant workers’ rights

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Labor Ministers’ Retreat and the 10th Meeting of the ASEAN Committee on Migrant Workers will review a Declaration signed ten years ago which provided for the rights of migrant workers.

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Read more about the article Duterte to discuss peace talks with Leftist Cabinet members on Feb. 20
FRESH FROM ASEAN SUMMIT. President Rodrigo Duterte says he is satisfied with his performance at the Association of Southeast Asian Nation Summit recently held in Vientiane, Laos. Duterte arrived Saturday midnight, September 10 at the Davao International Airport where he met with the media to report about his first international trip as head of state. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Duterte to discuss peace talks with Leftist Cabinet members on Feb. 20

National Antiv-Poverty Commission Lead Convenor Liza Maza said Duterte’s interest to meet with them means: “He is intent on hearing our views, he is open to hearing us out.”

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Read more about the article ?2 killed in landmine blast, clash with NPAs in Davao City outskirts
IN FORMATION. The New People's Army's Pulang Bagani Battalion stands in formation for a tactical inspection during the 48th anniversary of the Communist Party of the Philippines on Monday, Dec. 26 in Barangay Lumiad, Paquibato District, Davao City. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

?2 killed in landmine blast, clash with NPAs in Davao City outskirts

Two soldiers were killed and  17 others were wounded in a series of armed encounters with New People's Army guerrillas in northern Davao City on Thursday.

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Slain activist farmer receives threat a month before attack

Julieta Catog, elderly sister of 44-year-old Edwin Catog, said her brother had told her last month that a man had warned him to leave their place because his name was already “on the list” of the military.

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SolGen: JASIG a ‘defunct’ agreement, but NDFP lawyer says ‘perpetual immunity’ for negotiators stay

Solicitor General Jose Calida, a former Justice assistant secretary, said a Supreme Court decision "should prevail over the Jasig as basis on the order to rearrest the National Democratic Front of the Philippines who were granted temporary liberty last year to join the peace negotiations.

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