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Freed woman journalist is clear target of arrest – family

Family members of 61-year-old veteran community journalist Margarita “Gingging” Valle said their mother was the “clear target” of the state forces, refusing to believe authorities’ claim that it was a case of mistaken identity.

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Read more about the article More patients to be accommodated with new kidney institute at SPMC
The construction of a kidney center in Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) is expected to be done within this year or in 2020. The facility will have more equipments to cater more kidney patients. (Photo from SPMC Facebook page)

More patients to be accommodated with new kidney institute at SPMC

The country's biggest government-owned hospital here, the Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) is expected to accommodate more kidney patients when the Kidney Transplant Institute would be completed this year or next year, an official said.

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Human rights watchdog slams gov’t for arrest, killing of elderly

The human rights watchdog Karapatan has slammed Monday the government for targeting the elderly following the arrest of the 61-year-old Davao City-based media personality Margarita Valle in Misamis Oriental and the killing of a 65-year-old land reform advocate Felipe Dacal-Dacal in Negros Occidental.

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Read more about the article Group warns child labor is up with Davao City’s economic growth
Children scour the roads towards Barangay Santa Catalina, Zamboanga City in search of scrap wood and other things, two months after the Zamboanga standoff burned hundreds of houses here. (davaotoday.com photo by Earl O. Condeza)

Group warns child labor is up with Davao City’s economic growth

A child rights group here said it was worried with what it claimed as increasing cases of child labor as the the city is riding high on its economic growth.

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