Indonesian Expo to boost direct trading in Mindanao

In addition to indorsing a more active food and beverage exchange between Philippines and Indonesia, organizers of the 2nd Indonesia Expo said they will also promote direct trading of goods to revitalize the Davao-General Santos-Bitung trade route launched last year.

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Read more about the article Lumad group slams ‘fake’ IP summit
Datu Jomorito Goaynon, chair of the tribal group Kalumbay, slams the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples-10 (NCIP-10) for not inviting them and other IP groups to the first Indigenous Peoples (IP) Mindanao Cluster Convergence Summit held in a university here. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

Lumad group slams ‘fake’ IP summit

Various tribal groups in the region held a protest-rally against the Indigenous Peoples (IP) Mindanao Cluster Convergence Summit here on Wednesday.

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?T?erminated workers of JFC launch #BEEastMode campaign  

Workers terminated by Jollibee Foods Corporation in Parañaque City, launched the hashtag #BEEastMode campaign? to protest their dismissal, and gathered for a picket ?protest ?yesterday at the main commissary and warehouse of ?the food chain.?

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Read more about the article Makabayan bloc seeks probe into gov’t crackdown vs. loitering, on death of detainee
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Makabayan bloc seeks probe into gov’t crackdown vs. loitering, on death of detainee

Progressive lawmakers from the House Makabayan bloc have filed resolutions seeking a probe into the Philippine National Police (PNP)’s “illegal” crackdown against “tambays” (loiterers) and the death of a 22-year-old detainee due to alleged police brutality.

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