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Read more about the article Calls to pursue GPH-NDFP peace talks, gaining ground
Special Representatives of the NDFP and GPH together with their respective consultants and personnel, and officials of the Royal Norwegian Government after the December 17-18,2012 meeting in the Hague, the Netherlands. (contributed photo by the NDFP International Information Office)

Calls to pursue GPH-NDFP peace talks, gaining ground

By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today

“We should work for ‘more talk towards more peace,’” Bishop Calang urged, adding that amid the ongoing civil war, the more important thing to do is to “not lose hope, especially from the part of the government.”

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Read more about the article Bill Gates to donate $1B in rotary’s anti-polio drive
Rotary International District 3860 officials (from left) Edgar Chiongbian, Ibarra Panopio and Teodoro Locson in a press briefing Friday at the Grand Regal Hotel in Davao City. (davaotoday.com photo by Marilou Aguirre-Tuburan)

Bill Gates to donate $1B in rotary’s anti-polio drive

By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today

“Bill Gates promised to take care of one-third of the foundation’s budget to eradicate polio.” -- Ibarra Panopio, District Rotary Foundation Chair

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Read more about the article Teachers, staff push strike vs Davao nursing college
Officers and members of the Brokenshire College Faculty and Staff Union start their strike Friday morning as they scored the school management’s non-compliance of their Collective Bargaining Agreement and the “illegal termination” of 11 Clinical Instructors. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)

Teachers, staff push strike vs Davao nursing college

By ACE R. MORANDANTE
Davao Today

“Nag-ugat ang strike na ito nu’ng hindi nila binigay ang tamang benepisyo sa mga empleyado.” -- Eliseo Avellana, one of the 11 clinical instructors “illegally terminated” by the Brokenshire College administration

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Read more about the article Today’s View: Working class heroes
Filipino workers and their families have been calling for an increase in wages, among other economic and political demands. (davaotoday.com file photo by Ace R. Morandante)

Today’s View: Working class heroes

By BEVERLY ANN S. MUSNI, YR.
Davao Today

And as the workers, farmworkers and peasants marched and braved the heat, with hundreds of red flags waving, they showed Aquino they are still a force to reckon with, undeterred despite the oppression they are experiencing from massive corporations who stole their lands and displaced them from their homes and livelihood.

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