Read more about the article Ramadan ends with thousands of Moro evacuees
18,000 residents of Buliok, Dalgan, Kalbugan, Damalumba, Higirah, and Panonggo fled home on the dawn of June 11 due to the massive air and ground assault in areas believed to be the bases of Abu Torayfe’s Dawla Islamiah Group. Evacuees are now staying at the Pagalungan Municipal Compound.(Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)

Ramadan ends with thousands of Moro evacuees

As the Moro people celebrated Eid-ul-Fitr or the end of the Holy Ramadan on Friday, thousands of Moro people were crammed in evacuation centers four days after they were displaced by military aerial attacks.

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Read more about the article NDFP releases Backchannel Signed Peace Agreements
Signing of the Stand Down Agreement on June 9, 2018 by GRP and NDFP negotiating chairmen DOLE secretary Silvestre Bello III and Fidel Agcaoili and, as witness, RNG Special Envoy Idun A. Tvedt.(Photo courtesy from Joma Sison Facebook Page)

NDFP releases Backchannel Signed Peace Agreements

The National Democratic Front of the Philippines released the signed agreements with the Philippine Government’s peace negotiating team which disclosed the terms of the temporary cessation of hostilities, land reform and national industrialization and release of political detainees.

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Duterte not keen on addressing poverty felt by Filipinos, group says

The recent admission made by President Rodrigo Duterte saying that the country would never achieve rice self-sufficiency is a clear admission that attainment of rice self-sufficiency and food security is not in the economic agenda of the present administration.

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Read more about the article Kadamay to Duterte: Political repression to spur more actions of poor, homeless Filipinos
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Kadamay to Duterte: Political repression to spur more actions of poor, homeless Filipinos

In the midst of the serious threat hurled by President Rodrigo Duterte, the militant group Kadamay expressed unity among their ranks to withstand subjugations and vowed to continue staging more occupations of idle housing projects.

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Read more about the article Delay to expose peace process to saboteurs
Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate. (davaotoday.com file photo)

Delay to expose peace process to saboteurs

The peace talks between the National Democratic Front of the Philippines and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines has again hit a snag, and for party-list group Bayan Muna, the delay will only serve the saboteurs of the process.

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