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Read more about the article Bishop asks Duterte to reconsider military offensive against rebels
Iglesia Filipina Independiente Bishop Felixberto Calang, convenor of the Sowing the Seeds of Peace Movement in Mindanao chats with Presidential Peace Adviser Jesus Dureza after the opening ceremony of the fourth round of the GRP-NDFP peace talks in Radisson Blu Palace Hotel in Noordwijk, the Netherlands on Monday, April 3, 2017. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

Bishop asks Duterte to reconsider military offensive against rebels

The peace negotiations have gained strides under the Duterte administration so it comes as a surprise to a church leader and peace advocate why the President has to discontinue it.

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Read more about the article Davao City council considering ban on protests outside ‘Panacañang’
Protesters rally at the Eastern Mindanao Command Headquarters.

Davao City council considering ban on protests outside ‘Panacañang’

The city council here is bent on creating a local ordinance that would ban all forms of protests outside “Panacañang” or the so-called Malaca?ang of the South.

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Read more about the article Gov’t urged to assess Pangi river after ‘leachate’ spill
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Gov’t urged to assess Pangi river after ‘leachate’ spill

A local environmental group here called out to the local government and other concerned agencies to assess and monitor the current water quality of the Matina Pangi river following reported leak coming from a sanitary landfill in New Carmen.

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Read more about the article DepEd says schools are ‘zones of peace’ despite reported attacks
Lumad students, teachers, and support groups led by Save Our Schools rally at the Department of Education’s central office in Pasig City. They ask Education Secretary Leonor Briones to condemn alleged military attacks on their schools spread across Mindanao. (Photo courtesy of Save Our Schools Network)

DepEd says schools are ‘zones of peace’ despite reported attacks

Despite the barrage of criticisms it received, the Department of Education maintains that public schools across the country are “zones of peace” despite groups contradicting such claim.

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