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Read more about the article PCUP chair Ridon: No demolition sans relocation
DEMOLITION. Government personnel start destroying some 45 houses in North San Juan, Agdao District, Davao City. Some residents claim they have given the owner full payment and yet no titles were awarded to them. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

PCUP chair Ridon: No demolition sans relocation

Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor Chairman Terry Ridon said shanties of squatters will not be demolished until the government will be able to scout for a suitable relocation site.

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Read more about the article Families of farmer activists killed in Davao region appeal for Duterte’s help
PORTRAITS. Members of Hustisya, a group of family members demanding justice for the deaths of slain activists, hold up portraits of the 24 victims of politically motivated killings since President Rodrigo Duterte came into power. Hustisya, along with Karapatan and Bagong Alyansang Makabayan, held a protest along Roxas Avenue in Davao City on Thursday, April 20. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Families of farmer activists killed in Davao region appeal for Duterte’s help

Rutchiel Saypan, 26, joined other families of farmer-activists in a protest on Thursday to call for justice for her cousin, Jimmy Saypan .

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Read more about the article Agrarian reform chief: only SC can stop Tagum farmers ‘installation’
Agrarian reform beneficiaries in Barangay Madaum, Tagum City wait for their installation inside the San Isidro farm area on Tuesday, April 18. However, their installation was postponed to Friday, April 21. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

Agrarian reform chief: only SC can stop Tagum farmers ‘installation’

Agrarian Reform Secretary Rafael Mariano said it is only the Supreme Court that could stop him from installing 159 agrarian reform beneficiaries in Tagum City.

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Read more about the article Activists support dialogue between DENR Sec. Lopez, NPA
Environment secretary Gina Lopez announces on Monday, Oct. 24 that the Department of Environmental and Natural Resources will no longer accept new mining permit applications. Lopez attnted a dialogue with the leaders of the indigenous and Moro peoples alliance, Sandugo, at the University of the Philippines Diliman. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Activists support dialogue between DENR Sec. Lopez, NPA

A group of environmental advocates lauded Thursday the plan of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Gina Lopez on engaging communist rebels for development projects.

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