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Read more about the article Maguindanao to boost weaving tradition through festival in February
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Maguindanao to boost weaving tradition through festival in February

DAVAO CITY, Philippines – Maguindanao’s Inaul Festival 2018 is slated next month, with the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) hoping it would help revive the weaving tradition in the…

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Officials alarmed over increasing cases of measles in Davao City

DAVAO CITY, Philippines – The Davao City Health Office is conducting an outbreak response immunization (ORI) ?activity ?in ?several barangays ?here ?contain a possible measles outbreak. The move came after…

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Read more about the article TRAIN Law is a burden, not a gift – critics
Progressive groups on Wednesday, January 17, protest against the implementation of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) Law in Bankerohan public market in Davao City. The TRAIN Law is expected to reduce the income taxes of employed Filipinos enabling them to receive higher take-home pay. But the law is feared to affect low-income families as increased excise tax on goods pulls up prices of basic commodities. (Kenneth Paul P. Senarillos / davaotoday.com)

TRAIN Law is a burden, not a gift – critics

DAVAO CITY, Philippines — When President Rodrigo Duterte signed the passage of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) Bill or Republic Act No. 10963 and offered it as…

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