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Read more about the article City Library now opens from 7am to 7pm
GOOD HABIT. During their lunch break, these students of Magallanes Elementary School read science textbooks at the City Library located in Sangguniang Panlungsod. (Maria Patricia C. Borromeo/davaotoday.com)

City Library now opens from 7am to 7pm

The Davao City Library and Information Office will now be open from 7am to 7pm starting June 1, an official said Tuesday.

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Read more about the article Kin of slain farmer-activist calls for justice
WEEPING. Rose (not her real name) calls for justice for her slain nephew, Pedro Pandagay, who died in the hands of an unknown assailant? believed ?to be a? soldier assigned in a military unit in Anitapan, Mabini in Compostela Valley on March 23. Rose appeared in a press conference at the United Church of Christ in the Philippines Haran compound in Davao City on Monday, May 21. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Kin of slain farmer-activist calls for justice

A relative of a farmer who was accused of supporting the New People's Army lamented his death as she called on the government forces to stop tagging farmers as rebels.

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Read more about the article Groups call for release of political prisoners ahead of 5th round of GRP-NDFP talks
Farmers and Lumad march from the ? the National Commission for Indigenous Peoples Region XI office to the Benigno S. Aquino Hall of Justice in Ecoland, here to call for the release of political prisoners and the dismissal of "trumped up" charges against them on Wednesday morning, August 24. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Groups call for release of political prisoners ahead of 5th round of GRP-NDFP talks

Human rights advocates drummed up the call for the release of political prisoners anew days prior to the fifth round of formal talks between the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines.

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Read more about the article Lottery to determine housing project beneficiaries
President Rodrigo Duterte graces the ground breaking ceremony of the Biyaya ng Pagbabago Housing Project in Barangay Los Amigos, Davao City on May 19, 2017. She is joined by his daughter, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio and Cabinet Secretary Leoncio Evasco. (Robby Joy D. Salveron/davaotoday.com)

Lottery to determine housing project beneficiaries

The beneficiaries of the city's 840 unit housing project will be selected through a lottery, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio said Monday, May 22.

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Read more about the article Lawmakers eye probe of rights abuses in Calinan
INQUIRY. Gabriela Women's Party Representative Arlene Brosas sa?ys? she along with tother members of Makabayan Coalition in ?C?ongress will be filing a resolution calling for an inquiry on the alleged human rights violations committed by the military in Baranggay Dominga, Calinan in Davao City. Brosas made the pronouncement in a press conference at the United Church of Christ in the Philippines Haran compound in Davao City on Monday, May 21. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Lawmakers eye probe of rights abuses in Calinan

Progressive lawmakers are planning to file a resolution to probe on the alleged human rights violations committed by the military against the residents of Barangay Dominga in Calinan district, this city.

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