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Davao’s Diversion Road clearing operations pass 48-hour deadline

Operations to clear the Diversion Road here from mud and debris flow due to a landslide that struck at dawn on Friday, October 6, have passed City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio's 48-hour deadline. The city government at 5pm Sunday released an advisory that the Diversion Road will remain closed on Monday, October 9, "because the portion of Shrine Hills where the landslide occured has not been declared safe for passage by the engineers due to the clearing operations."

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Read more about the article Clearing operations in Davao’s Diversion Road set for completion today
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Clearing operations in Davao’s Diversion Road set for completion today

City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio has set a 48-hour timeframe to clear the road after a landslide struck a portion of the Maa-Carlos P. Garcia highway on Friday dawn, October 6.

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Read more about the article NPA hits recruitment of 300 Lumad for AFP’s counter-insurgency ops
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NPA hits recruitment of 300 Lumad for AFP’s counter-insurgency ops

The New People’s Army Southern Mindanao Regional Operations Command scored a military unit in Mindanao for its plan to recruit 300 Lumad to beef up the government’s counter-insurgency campaign against the communist rebels.

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Read more about the article Court frees political prisoner in Dumagat after 7 years
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Court frees political prisoner in Dumagat after 7 years

After seven years of languishing inside the prison facility, Eddie Cruz, a Dumagat political prisoner was finally freed after a local court acquitted him from the “trumped-up charges” filed against him, a human rights group said.

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