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Read more about the article Mindanao solons laud Duterte’s EDCA review proposal
WARNING TO GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. President Rodrigo Duterte warns anew government officials not to be involved in corrupt practices or he will read their names in public and ask them to resign. Duterte arrives at the Davao International Airport from his two-day official visit to Hanoi, Socialist Republic of Vietnam early morning Friday, September 30. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Mindanao solons laud Duterte’s EDCA review proposal

Two partylist representatives from Mindanao welcomed President Rodrigo Duterte's recent pronouncement to review the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA).

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Read more about the article It’s ‘No Prostitution Day’ in Davao on Oct. 5
A day of no prostitution, according to Talikala, Inc., includes no pornography, phone sex, cyber sex, mail order bride services, escort services, trafficking, stripping, sex tours and prostitution occurring in massage parlors, on the streets, in hotels or everywhere else. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

It’s ‘No Prostitution Day’ in Davao on Oct. 5

An anti-children and women trafficking group here called on to stop engaging and promoting prostitution in an international campaign dubbed No Prostitution Day on October 5.

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Read more about the article Doctors warn effects of digital media to children
Dr. Michael Manalaysay, chairman of the Pediatrics Department of the Southern Philippines Medical Center echoed the same concerns, but said that early exposure to digital media not only can result into developmental problems, but also lead to physical ailments as well. (photo from flickr.com)

Doctors warn effects of digital media to children

Saying that early exposure of children to digital media may have several effects in their behavior, developmental behavioral pediatricians here called for parents to regulate the use of such devices, especially those younger than three years old.

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Read more about the article NDFP bats for release of all political prisoners
Luis Jalandoni, chairman of the NDF negotiating panel said the NDFP considers the agreement on Social and Economic Reforms as a task “that will be challenging to both sides”. (photo by Kodao Productions)

NDFP bats for release of all political prisoners

Three days before the second round of peace talks in Oslo, Norway, the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) urged the Philippine government to release all political prisoners in “compliance with the Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law (CARHRIHL).”

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Read more about the article Ceasefire, amnesty up in 2nd round GRP-NDF peace 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)

Ceasefire, amnesty up in 2nd round GRP-NDF peace talks

Both the negotiating panels of the Philippine government (GRP) and the National Democratic Front (NDF) will exchange drafts on a proposed bilateral ceasefire and an amnesty proclamation as the second round of peace talks will resume in Oslo, Norway on Thursday, October 6.

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