Read more about the article Election watchdog tells bets: Stop using gov’t funds, resources to woo votes
FILE PHOTO.This picture was taken in May 9, 2013. A passerby ignores the campaign posters of both local and national candidates that practically cover this side of Davao City’s Buhangin District. (davaotoday.com photo by Wether b. Saldaña)

Election watchdog tells bets: Stop using gov’t funds, resources to woo votes

Political hopefuls should stop using government funds and resources to woo votes, a poll watchdog said on Tuesday as the campaign period for senators and party-list groups officially started today, February 12 with political bets on a campaign trail to woo votes from voters across the country.

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Groups blast military for ‘illegally’ detaining 2 women HR workers

A militant human rights group on Monday lambasted the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for allegedly detaining two women who were human rights workers in Cagayan de Oro City, in what they described as a sweeping crackdown against groups critical to the Duterte administration.

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Read more about the article Workers’ group laments PH, Japan failure to discuss labor woes of Sumifru workers
Around 900 workers of Sumifru Philippines Corp., a banana-export plantation in Compostela Valley province, launch a strike on Monday, October 1, to demand the company to engage them in collective bargaining and regularization of their tenure. (Mara S. Genotiva/davaotoday.com)

Workers’ group laments PH, Japan failure to discuss labor woes of Sumifru workers

Workers’ group on Monday lamented that the labor woes involving a Japanese multinational banana firm was not tackled before the visit of Japanese foreign minister Taro Kono here in the country.

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Read more about the article Sara files leave of absence for 2019 campaign trail
Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte during the Pamulak sa Kadayawan(Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday)

Sara files leave of absence for 2019 campaign trail

Prior to the kick-off of the slated campaign for senators and party-list groups, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio has already filed a leave of absence to campaign for political hopefuls she publicly claimed to support, the Mayor bared on Monday.

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