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Samin hits police clamp down on civil liberties, from the Manila Peninsula to Surigao del Sur

While we express indignation in the detention of Bishop Julio Labayen, former Vice President Teofisto Guingona, Jr, media people and other personalities in the aftermath of the Peninsula Hotel stand-off,…

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Poor and landless after 19 years of CARP

By GRACE S. UDDIN | Davao Today

Jolito Divinagracia and Ranel Enoc are among the farmers in Tamugan, Calinan district, whose parents are beneficiaries of the government's Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP). But almost 20 years into the program, both their families are still having a hard time acquiring the land supposedly awarded to them.

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Duterte stays loyal to Arroyo but says Trillanes’s move was ‘understandable’

By CHERYLL D. FIEL | Davao Today

At the height of the stand-off at the Manila Peninsula Hotel, Mayor Rodrigo Duterte said President Arroyo called him. "She asked me how we are doing here and if she still has my support,? Duterte saida. ?I said, ?Yes, ma'am.?" For more coverage of the Makati standoff, visit PinoyPress.

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