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Anti-pork rally along the national highway of Tagum City. (davaotoday.com photo by Mart D. Sambalud)

Marcos’ corruption and abuses alive 41 years later

by DANILDA L. FUSILERO, MART D. SAMBALUD, and TYRONE A. VELEZ Davao Today From cronies to political dynasties, nothing has changed much as to their misuse and abuse of the…

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Partylist asks Congress to probe entry of MNLF in Zamboanga City

In House Resolution 302, Bayan Muna asked the committee on peace, reconciliation and unity to investigate whether or not the government terminated the tripartite review of the 1996 Final Peace Agreement with the MNLF, which claimed that this provoked their members to march into Zamboanga City on September 9.

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Palace dared to address PNoy’s pork, patronage politics , too

Ateneo de Davao University political science professor Ramon Beleno, told a recent forum on Understanding Pork, that “Napoles is not the center of this issue, but rather President Aquino on how he acts on this, and how he acts on his vast special funds.”

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Read more about the article Typhoon Pablo survivors forge pact vs. SMC mining
Compostela farmer shouts her opposition to San Miguel mining her town. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)

Typhoon Pablo survivors forge pact vs. SMC mining

Datu Serrano Mambay-an, a Matigsalug leader of purok 4b, Barangay Mangayon said military presence has something to do with the mining operation in the area saying “gigamit jud na nga kompanyaha ang mga military, gibayaran gyud na karon nga panahon sa pag operasyon sa among bukid (the firm uses the military and pays them to operate in our villages).”

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