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Students, teachers, and faculty of the Alternative Learning Center for Agricultural Development (Alcadev), together with support groups, clean the school grounds and classrooms of the school to be able to resume classes in Sitio Han-ayan, Barangay Diatagon, Lianga, Surigao del Sur. (Earl O. Condeza/davaotoday.com)

HOMECOMING Part 2 | Lumad in Surigao rebuild hopes, homes

After a year, burnt and scattered school materials, dilapidated houses, and untended farms greeted hundreds of Lumads upon their return in Sitio Han-ayan a village in Lianga town Surigao del Sur province on September 3, Saturday.

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Read more about the article Mayor Sara discourages wearing burqa, face masks in public
MUSLIM TEENS. A Muslim teener is busy texting while others read Quran's writing before the start of the Eid'l Fitr program at Tiongco Football Field in Davao City.

Mayor Sara discourages wearing burqa, face masks in public

Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte said she understands the sentiments of the Muslim women but she added that "the general welfare of the majority takes precedence over religious tradition."

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Read more about the article Court rules Nakashin dispute civil, orders barricade dispersal
NAKASHIN WORKER. Estella Mae L. Partoza, one of the 75 dismissed workers of the Japanese-owned company Nakashin Davao International holds the video recording of the dispersal of the protest camp that they have put up since April 25. The dispersal happened after the Regional Trial Court ruled the strike illegal and the dispute civil, not of labor, in nature. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Court rules Nakashin dispute civil, orders barricade dispersal

Police dismantled the barricades blocking the gates of the Nakashin Davao International's office in Malagamot here on Thursday, September 15 after the Regional Trial Court ruled that the protest of the striking workers illegal.

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Read more about the article DCPO denies testimony of former ‘DDS hitman’ 
Davao City Police Chief Michael John Dubria maintains that only drug suspects and criminals who resist arrest are in danger of being killed. Dubria said policemen must also defend themselves in their line of duty. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

DCPO denies testimony of former ‘DDS hitman’ 

The Davao City Police chief has belied the testimony of a witness who introduced himself as a former hitman of the alleged Davao Death Squad (DDS) linking President Rodrigo Duterte and several police officials to extrajudicial killings.

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