Read more about the article Veteran journo files criminal, administrative raps vs police, military
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)

Veteran journo files criminal, administrative raps vs police, military

Davao Today columnist Margarita Valle filed criminal and administrative charges before the Office of the Ombudsman today against Philippine National Police and Army officers who arrested her and held her incommunicado for almost 12 hours last June 9.

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Read more about the article Nene Pimentel: Nothing wrong with allowing Chinese to fish in PH’s EEZ
Former Senate president Aquilino "Nene" Pimentel says he finds nothing wrong with Chinese fishing in the country's exclusive economic zone as long as the Philippines doesn't give up its sovereignty. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

Nene Pimentel: Nothing wrong with allowing Chinese to fish in PH’s EEZ

Former Senate President Aquilino “Nene” Pimentel Jr. said he saw nothing wrong with the recent pronouncement of President Rodrigo Duterte saying that he will allow Chinese vessels to fish within the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the contested West Philippine Sea.

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