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New Peoples' Army National Spokesperson Ka Oris (davaotoday.com file photo)

NDF: immediate stop to militarization in Mindanao, a challenge to Duterte

The National Democratic Front Mindanao issued its immediate and long-term challenges for presumptive President Rodrigo Duterte, including their demand to stop militarization in the island, where thousands of government troops are deployed to quell Communist and Moro revolutionary groups.

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Martial Law victims appeal to Duterte: reconsider plans to allow Libingan burial for Marcos

Even during the campaign period, President-elect Rodrigo Duterte has been consistent with his stance on allowing the burial of former dictator President Ferdinand Marcos, Sr. at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (Heroes’ Cemetery) believing that this will unite the divided nation.

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Group pushes for amendment of national water code

Environmental group, Interface Development Interventions, Inc., has called on the presumptive President, Rodrigo Duterte to amend the national water code and give more leeway to the local government units in assessing and monitoring their water resources.

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Filipino migrant workers gather in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Friday, May 20, 2016 to ask help from incoming President Rodrigo Duterte. (Photo by John Leonard Monterona)

Duterte urged to create task force on undocumented OFWs

Migrant workers urged the incoming president, Rodrigo Duterte to create a special task force for the repatriation of undocumented overseas Filipino workers in Saudi Arabia.

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