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(L) April Ann Cruz says she is happy over the new lease on life having survived the blast on September 2. Once she fully recovers, the preschool teacher, who happens to be the family's breadwinner, wishes to immediately go back to work. (R) Alone but moving on. Dennis Larrida lost his wife and son because of the September 2 blast that killed 15 people and wounded 69 others. A month after the incident, Larrida finally had the courage to go home to their house in Tugbok District. (photo by City Information Office)

40 days after Davao blast: Stories of survival and hope

Only a little over a month, three suspects were arrested. The three were linked to the Lanao del Sur-based Maute group, the military said.

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Read more about the article Outline of reforms, fast-track release political prisoners OK’d in GRP, NDF talks
JOINT STATEMENT SIGNING. Members and officials of the government panel and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines sign the joint agreement for the second round of talks. The peace talks was facilitated by the Royal Norwegian Government. In photos: Fidel Agcaoili, chief negotiator of the NDF peace panel; Jose Maria Sison, chief political consultant of the NDF; Elisabeth Slattum, special envoy for peace of the RNG, Secretary Jesus Dureza, Presidential Peace Adviser, and Secretary Silvestre Bello III, GRP panel head. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

Outline of reforms, fast-track release political prisoners OK’d in GRP, NDF talks

Peace panel negotiators from both government and the communists concluded its second round of talks with common frameworks and outlines on social, economic and political reforms and a commitment to grant amnesty to more than 400 political detainees.

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PHOTOS | GRP, NDF leaders take a coffee break

Minutes before signing the joint statement on the second round of talks between the government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines, the heads of both Parties took a short break at the Holmenfjord Hotell here in Asker, a municipality part of the Akershus county in the Oslo region in Norway. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

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