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WOMEN'S PROTEST. Lumad women join the call to lift Martial Law in Mindanao following the end of the Marawi crisis in a protest held at the Freedom Park in Davao City on Friday October 27. Organizers said the protest is in line with their commemoration of the National Women's Day of Protest today, October 28 which started in 1983 as an anti-Marcos protest. (Medel V. Hernani / davaotoday.com)

Duterte’s misogyny and its effect on women slammed

Post author:KATH M. CORTEZ
Post published:March 9, 2019
Post category:Headline Politics
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In President Rodrigo Duterte’s hometown and in time with the celebration of International Women’s Day on Friday, women rights advocates unite for a call to end the ‘macho fascist government’ of Duterte.

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1 woman, child raped every 72 minutes – Gabriela

Post author:MARA S. GENOTIVA
Post published:March 8, 2019
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A woman or a child gets raped every 72 minutes last year in the Philippines, a trend that progressive women groups have blamed on President Rodrigo Duterte's "misogynistic statements".

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NBI-10 official: IPR charges to be filed vs maker, seller of ‘fake’ cigarettes

Post author:JIGGER J. JERUSALEM
Post published:March 8, 2019
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The National Bureau of Investigation-10 (NBI-10) said Friday it is set to file charges against individuals who they believed are behind the proliferation of illegally made and illegally sold cigarettes in Northern Mindanao.

HELPLESS. A mother sat helplessly with her two children while they look at a demolition team destroy their house in Barangay 26-C Salmonan last date.(Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)