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Read more about the article Solon says without anti-vaping law, users can’t be arrested
President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his speech during the 9th anniversary of the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) and the 25th anniversary of the Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) at the SMX Convention Center in Davao City on February 19, 2019. (Malacañang photo)

Solon says without anti-vaping law, users can’t be arrested

A law prohibiting vaping must be passed first before authorities could arrest vape users, a legislator here said Friday.

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Read more about the article STATEMENT | End the 10 years of no justice! Struggle against impunity!
Members of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines in Davao City light candles for the victims of the Ampatuan Massacre in a candle lighting ceremony on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2016. The activity is held to commemorate the massacre in Ampatuan, Maguindanao seven years ago which claimed the lives of 58 people, including 32 media workers. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

STATEMENT | End the 10 years of no justice! Struggle against impunity!

Ten years ago, 58 persons including 32 journalists and one human rights lawyer, were brutally killed in Sitio Masalay, Ampatuan in Maguindanao, in what is now considered the deadliest attack on journalists and worst case of election-related violence in Philippine history.

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Read more about the article LTFRB-10 begins anti-illegal taxi operations
A driver holds his documents while waiting for his taxi to be inspected in Upper Carmen, where the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board-10 (LTFRB-10) is conducting a re-checking of units that have been issued with franchise, on Thursday (Nov. 21). (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

LTFRB-10 begins anti-illegal taxi operations

The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board-10 (LTFRB-10) has started on Thursday (Nov. 21) its three-day inspection of taxis to inventory the units that have been issued the franchise before launching a massive campaign to apprehend unregistered taxi units.

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Read more about the article CHR dismayed at lack of PNP action on Valle case
Davao Today columnist Margarita Valle (fourth from left) files counter charges before the Office of the Ombudsman on July 4, 2019, against police and army officers who arrested and detained her last June 9. She was joined by her lawyer Katherine Panguban and colleagues from the alternative media and campus press. (Photo by Alyssa Mae Clarin / Bulatlat)

CHR dismayed at lack of PNP action on Valle case

The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Wednesday (Nov 20) expressed dismay that the Philippine National Police has done no action to rectify its supposed mistake over the arrest of veteran journalist Margarita Valle.

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