ACT members, lawyers slam continuing profiling despite PNP chief denial

The profiling of teachers associated with Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) by the Philippine National Police (PNP) apparently continued, with reports of a similar letter coming from the local police asking for a list of teachers who are members of ACT in Northern Mindanao.

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Read more about the article ‘An insult to PH workers,’ Manggagawa Party-list reacts to Comelec en banc disqualification resolution
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‘An insult to PH workers,’ Manggagawa Party-list reacts to Comelec en banc disqualification resolution

MANGGAGAWA Party-list slammed on Wednesday the decision of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc to disqualify them to join the 2019 midterm polls, saying such decision insults the Filipino workers.

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Read more about the article PDEA seizes P375K worth of shabu in Davao City
Authorities here recovered P375,000 worth of shabu from a woman in an interdiction operations on Wednesday, January 5, at a military checkpoint in Davao City.(Photo courtesy of Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency XI)

PDEA seizes P375K worth of shabu in Davao City

Anti-narcotics operatives here recovered P375,000 worth of shabu from a woman in a buy-bust operation on Wednesday, January 5, at a military checkpoint in Davao City.

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Read more about the article Bill exempting journalists from being witnesses in anti-drug operations filed
Makabayan lawmakers file House Bill 8832 that aims to exempt journalists to act as witnesses in anti-narcotics operations on Tuesday, January 15, 2019. The bill is in response to the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines' (NUJP) petition back in November 2018, opposing such practice of the law enforcers. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)

Bill exempting journalists from being witnesses in anti-drug operations filed

As the government intensifies its campaign against illegal drugs, Makabayan representatives in Congress filed a bill to support the call to spare journalists from becoming witnesses during anti-drug operations.

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