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Read more about the article PNP chief: No ‘quota’ for cops on anti-drug war
Phil. National Police (PNP) chief Director General Oscar Albayalde takes a ride on a motorcycle during the regional launching of “Clean Rider” campaign in time for the 117th Police Service Anniversary at the PNP-10 headquarters in Camp Alagar on Friday. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

PNP chief: No ‘quota’ for cops on anti-drug war

Police offices nationwide are not demanded to fulfil quotas, but they are pressured to make accomplishments in the Duterte government’s anti-drug campaign more than two years on, the country’s Phil. National Police (PNP) chief said Friday.

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Read more about the article Karapatan to Imee Marcos: Sorry, millennials haven’t moved on from Martial law atrocities
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Karapatan to Imee Marcos: Sorry, millennials haven’t moved on from Martial law atrocities

Human rights group Karapatan lambasted Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos’ remark that millennials have moved on with the issues hounding her family, saying that it millennials protested against the burial of her father—the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos.  

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Read more about the article CEAP warns TRAIN 2 will ‘weaken’ private church-run schools
(From left to right) The Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines (CEAP) Secretary Sister Ma. Marissa Viri, RVM; President Fr. Joel Tabora, SJ; Vice President Fr. Elmer G. Dizon; Br. Dennis Magbanu, FSCN, CEAP treasurer; and Fr. Rex Andrew Alarcon, Advocacy Commission Chair during a press conference in Davao City on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

CEAP warns TRAIN 2 will ‘weaken’ private church-run schools

The country's association of Catholic-ran schools warned of the ill-effects of the second tranche of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law against church-run schools across the country, saying it would weaken the educational services offered by private sectarian schools.

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Read more about the article MinDA says economic growth to resolve conflict Mindanao
Organizers of the forum discuss to the media key points about how to achieve growth in Mindanao. From left: Birgit Hansl, of the World Bank; Bai Norhata Alonto, who represented the MinDA chairman; Elvin Uy, Philippine Business for Social Progress. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

MinDA says economic growth to resolve conflict Mindanao

For Mindanao to progress, the chief of the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) has enjoined all the concerned stakeholders to resolve the armed conflict that has been plaguing the island for decades.

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