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Read more about the article DAR to Lapanday: Let us divide the land
LAND TRANSFER. Assistant Regional Director for Operations of the Department of Agrarian Reform-1 Venchito Mandap offers an alternative to land usage and ownership to the Hijo Employees Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Cooperative-1(HEARBCO-1) as the Madaum Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Association, Inc. occupies the 145 hectares of land at Barangay Madaum in Tagum City. Mandap says only 117 hectares of land are intended for Marbai. (Earl O. Condeza/davaotoday.com)

DAR to Lapanday: Let us divide the land

Antonio Tuyak, 61, has been a farmer for the last 35 years before the land he was tilling got into a land dispute with Lapanday Foods Corporation.

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Read more about the article GRP panel says Duterte still committed to release prisoners
CLARIFICATIONS. GRP peace panel member Atty. Angela Librado says President Rodrigo Duterte is still very much intent on releasing more political prisoners, but said it was in the understanding that the release would be in tranches. Librado made the comments in a peace forum held at the Ateneo De Davao Univerity on Tuesday, Dec. 13 (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

GRP panel says Duterte still committed to release prisoners

The government peace panel  announced it will release the sick and the elderly prisoners before Christmas, allaying fears that the ongoing peace negotiations with the communists will collapse.

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Read more about the article NDF to GRP panel: Do not misinterpret
President Rodrigo R. Duterte announces that there will be a revamp in the People's Television 4 (PTV) and the Radyo ng Bayan during his first first State of the Nation Address at the Batasang Pambansa in Quezon City on Monday, July 25, 2016 that he will lower the income tax. ACE MORANDANTE/PPD

NDF to GRP panel: Do not misinterpret

Is the National Democratic Front of the Philippines ready to sign a bilateral peace agreement even without the release of political prisoners?

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Read more about the article ‘Nada’: Duterte maintains no more releases of prisoners before signing of bilateral ceasefire
President Rodrigo Duterte (King Rodriguez/Presidential Photo)

‘Nada’: Duterte maintains no more releases of prisoners before signing of bilateral ceasefire

These were President Rodrigo Duterte’s words on the release of political prisoners in the country during the ceremony of the recognition of The Outstanding Filipino (TOFIL) awardees for 2016 at the Heroes Hall in Malacañan Palace Monday.

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Read more about the article Study: media finds peace process reporting ‘not sexy enough’

Study: media finds peace process reporting ‘not sexy enough’

A recent report found that before the resumption of the peace talks between the government and the National Democratic of the Philippines this year, there was little interest from the media in reporting the peace process.

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