Read more about the article Cops charged in Valle abduction ask OMB for 30-day extension to file answer
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Cops charged in Valle abduction ask OMB for 30-day extension to file answer

Two officials from the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG)-Region 9 who are among the police and military officials facing charges in the wrongful arrest and detention of Davao Today columnist Margarita Valle asked the Office of Ombudsman for the 30-day extension to file their counter affidavits.

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Read more about the article Migrant group lobbies for Veloso to testify against recruiters
Migrante chairperson Connie Bragas Regalado retells the tale of Mary Jane Veloso, the Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) who Migrante helped save from the Indonesian death row last April this year, during the launching of Tanggol Migrante in Davao City. Tanggol Migrante will bring Migrante Partylist's already existing services such as paralegal, medical, and psychological counselling, education of rights, among others to the OFWs and their families. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Migrant group lobbies for Veloso to testify against recruiters

Filipino migrant group Migrante International prayed the Supreme Court to allow Mary Jane Veloso to testify against her recruiters and prove that she's only a victim of human trafficking.

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Read more about the article Public school educator red-tagged for sixth time
Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) union region president for Northern Mindanao Ophelia Tabacon (second from left) leads other educators in demanding for increase in salary of educators during a recently protest action held in Plaza Divisoria, Cagayan de Oro City. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davatoday.com)

Public school educator red-tagged for sixth time

A leader of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) in Northern Mindanao has become the latest victim of red-tagging as she was branded as a “Communist teacher.”

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Read more about the article Mis. Or. not infected with ASF yet but officials not taking chances
Misamis Oriental Provincial Capitol employees slice the pieces of grilled pork during the weekly farmers’ market at the Capitol grounds and then distributed to the public on Friday. The grilling was to show that pigs and pork products in the province are safe to eat and are free from the African Swine Fever. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

Mis. Or. not infected with ASF yet but officials not taking chances

Northern Mindanao’s hog industry and its protection from the onslaught of the African Swine Fever (ASF) is of utmost importance, said an official of the Department of Agriculture-10 (DA-10) on Friday (Sept. 13).

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