GRP-NDF talks: looking for substance in 3rd round’s formal opening

Optimistic and looking forward to a more fruitful deal, peace negotiators from both Philippine government and the communists met after more than three months during the opening of the third round of peace negotiations here on Thursday at 10:00 am.

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ASSISTANCE DESK. The public assistance desk has catered more than 200 clients who renew their business permits at the Business Bureau in Davao City on Monday, Jan. 2. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

CTO urges business taxpayers to pay on time

The City Treasurer’s Office has urged business taxpayers to pay on or before the deadline to prevent charges.

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What PHL can learn when Obama commutes the prison sentence of Wikileaks whistleblower?

If there’s one lesson that the Philippine government could learn from US President Barack Obama 's decision on commuting the prison term given to the "Wikileaks" man, it is the government’s treatment of whistleblowers.

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CHED’s Licuanan slammed for being ‘anti-student, anti-poor’

The National Union of Students of the Philippines hit out Commission on Higher Education Chairperson Patricia Licuanan as “anti-student and anti-poor” on her remark regarding the new policy of free tuition in state universities and colleges.

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Capt. Rhyan Batchar says that the AFP’s now is aimed at the “ISIS-inspired” armed groups such as the Abu Sayyaf Group, and the Maute group. On August last year, the army sent as many as 1,000 soldiers to Jolo, Sulu to fight the ASG. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoda.com)

‘Oplan Kapayapaan’: NPA, MILF, MNLF tag as ‘peace-inclined’ groups

A new security plan dubbed as “Oplan Kapayapaan” or the Development Support and Security Plan Kapayapaan (Peace) will focus on supporting government development efforts to address internal security threats, an Army spokesman here said.

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