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Engr. Alvin Cabuenas, project engineer of the Bankerohan bridge repair said they also need to repair "slope protection" structures extending the completion of the project to November 6 instead of October 6. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

Councilor urges haste in Bankerohan bridge repair

A city councilor filed a resolution urging the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to finish the repair of the Bankerohan bridge this month

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Read more about the article Disaster survivors to mark Yolanda anniversary in confab
View of Brgy. Imelda, Tolosa, Leyte. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)

Disaster survivors to mark Yolanda anniversary in confab

Survivors of different disasters will hold a national conference on the commemoration of the first year anniversary of typhoon Yolanda (international name Haiyan) in Tacloban city this coming November 8.

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Tribal militiamen fire at rural school students after buying school supplies

About 20 students of Mindanao Interfaith Services Foundation, Incorporated (MISFI) Academy in Kapalong, Davao del Norte, were reported to have been in the group who were fired upon by members of the tribal militia, called Alamara.

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PH ethnic groups want IPRA, NCIP permanently abolished

Saying the law on indigenous Filipinos has “failed to deter the plunder of our national patrimony and exploitation of our indigenous territories", the activist organization of tribal Filipinos called on the scrapping of both the law and the agency that was created to administer to the welfare of tribal Filipinos.

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