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Around 70 retirees of the Philippine National Bank in Davao Region gather in front of the bank's branch in San Pedro,Davao City.(Lucelle Bonzo/davaotoday.com)

PNB retirees rally as SC orders bank to release retirement pay

DAVAO CITY, Philippines- On Tuesday morning, November 7, around seventy retired employees of the government owned Philippine National Bank braved the heat as they trooped in front of their former…

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Read more about the article An Obo-Manuvu tribe leads protection of Davao’s watershed
Nilda Landim, 51, one of the five female Bantay Bukid volunteers in Barangay Carmen, Baguio District during a site investigation at Sitio Kalatung, Barangay Tawan-Tawan. (Kath Cortez/davaotoday.com)

An Obo-Manuvu tribe leads protection of Davao’s watershed

Protecting the environment has been a risky endeavor in the nation, but a joint program by environment groups has fielded about 300 local indigenous peoples and farmers in Davao to protect the city’s watershed and forests and has yielded results in the past twelve years.

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Read more about the article Credentials in elections: uso pa ba yarn?
The number of voters at Kapitan Tomas Monteverde Sr. Central Elem. School declined an hour before election period ended at 3 pm. (Mara S. Genotiva/davaotoday.com)

Credentials in elections: uso pa ba yarn?

A single vote is powerful to change the course of the nation, and people should not be blinded by candidates who can only show nothing but popularity. Fame or a familiar name does not equate to credentials.

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Davao City BSKE results: familiar names lost, but another Duterte enters politics

Ibuyan, Apostol, Ungab, and Abella are familiar names in Davao City local politics yet the first three lost their reelection bids as barangay captains, while Abella failed his comeback for barangay captain, in Monday’s Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections. Yet, another Duterte made it into local politics.

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