Laborers inside General Santos City Fish Port Complex unload tons of tuna from a fishing vessel. The vessel just arrived on Thursday morning, Dec. 29, 2016 after six days of fishing trip. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)
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President Rodrigo Duterte announced on Tuesday that he will give cash gifts to barangay officials using funds that would have been part of his electoral campaign contributions.
The government peace panel said around 17 to 20 political prisoners will be released before the year ends.
Top government officials attended the celebration of the Communist Party of the Philippines’ 48th anniversary here on Monday, Dec. 26.
Christmas eve would have been another busy day for Melanie Larida as she would have doubled her time preparing for Noche Buena and for the 71st birthday of her father-in-law.
A government negotiator with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines said there are 21 political prisoners who already have clearances, 18 of whom are eligible for pardon.
Datu Mintroso Malibato (in blue striped shirt), spokesperson of indigenous peoples group, Karadyawaan prepares the toiletries and clothes for distribution among the remaining Lumad evacuees sheltered inside the Haran compound of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines on Thursday morning, Dec. 22. The relief goods were turned over by members of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines in Davao City. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)
More than six years ago, Teofilo Melloria, 72 would work in someone else’s farm earning him P200 a day.
President Rodrigo Duterte declared a ceasefire and encouraged communists and Moro revolutionary groups to join their families this holiday season.
Department of Agrarian Reform Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Luis Pangulayan (standing on the left side of the policeman), summarizes the points discussed during the dialogue between the agrarian reform beneficiaries and the Lapanday Foods Corporation on Monday evening, Dec. 19. DAR stressed during the dialogue that the cease and desist order issued in favor of the farmers should be respected by all parties. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)
