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ABSTAINED. Councilor Mabel Sunga-Acosta abstains from voting on the Anti-Unattended Bag Ordinance, which the 18th City Council passed on Tuesday, July 11. Acosta said the final draft was "unreasonable" as it fines even those whose act of leaving bags unattended in public did not cause undue panic. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Council repeals two ‘decades-old’ ordinances

The City Council on Thursday, December 14 repealed two city ordinances approved about six decades ago.

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Read more about the article Inspections on ‘Simbang Gabi’, more checkpoints, Oplan Bulabog with extended martial law
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Inspections on ‘Simbang Gabi’, more checkpoints, Oplan Bulabog with extended martial law

The military said they are keen to put up more checkpoints to prevent the spillover of violence.

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Read more about the article What happened to Davao City’s implementation of speed limit?
Visible traffic enforcers implement the controversial 30 kilometers per hour speed limit imposed by Mayor Rodrigo Duterte in Davao City downtown area. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

What happened to Davao City’s implementation of speed limit?

The traffic group here is still awaiting for the delivery of the five speed guns they have requested last March.

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Read more about the article Lawmakers, activists wary of more HR violations under extended Martial Law in Mindanao
NO TO MARTIAL LAW. Progressive groups in Davao City hold a protest along Roxas Avenue to condemn the extension of martial law in Mindanao for one more year. In a joint session on Wednesday, December 13, the Congress approved the request of the Palace to extend the implementation of martial law until December 31, 2018. (Robby Joy D. Salveron/ davaotoday.com)

Lawmakers, activists wary of more HR violations under extended Martial Law in Mindanao

Critics of Martial Law are wary of a “full-blown” dictatorship under President Rodrigo Duterte after the Lower House and the Senate approved the extension of Martial Law in the whole island of Mindanao until December 31, 2018.

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Read more about the article Opposition, support meet approval of martial law extension
President Rodrigo Duterte is accorded with military honors prior to his departure at the Francisco Bangoy International Airport in Davao City on October 29, 2017 for a two-day visit to Japan. Accompanying the President is Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff Rey Leonardo Guerrero. (ALBERT ALCAIN/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO)

Opposition, support meet approval of martial law extension

Opposition to the proposed extension of martial law in Mindanao continues to persist as both houses of Congress voted in favor of stretching it for another year

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