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Read more about the article Rights group to GRP’s monitoring hub: Include killings of activists
DEAD, BUT NOT SILENCED. Bystanders look at the cardboard coffins lined with the names and portraits of victims of extrajudicial killings in Southern Mindanao Region displayed along Roxas Avenue in Davao City on the day of President Rodrigo Duterte's 2nd State of the Nation Address on Monday, July 24. According human rights group Karapatan, there are at least 34 victims of political killings since Duterte came into power in July 2016. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Rights group to GRP’s monitoring hub: Include killings of activists

Human rights group Karapatan, while welcoming the pilot monitoring hub for the compliance of the Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law (CARHRIHL) here, said on Monday, October 2, it should include cases of extrajudicial killings of activists.

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Read more about the article Military: Maute surrenderees suffer due to lack of food
THE BATTLE GOES ON. Philippine Marines backed by Armoured Personnel Carrier sweep down the streets in Marawi City as the military ground operations against the Maute group entered on its ?ffifth? day on Sunday, May 28. (Alexander Lopez/davaotoday.com)

Military: Maute surrenderees suffer due to lack of food

Three members of the ISIS-inspired Maute Group have surrendered to authorities after more than four months of flushing them from Marawi City where they attacked on May 23, the military said on Saturday, September 30.

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Read more about the article Walk sign not working? Just cross, says CTTMO
WALK SIGN. Under the city’s Comprehensive Transport and Traffic Code, pedestrians disregarding the traffic signal devices are to be apprehended for jaywalking, unless the lights are defective. (Mick Basa / davaotoday.com)

Walk sign not working? Just cross, says CTTMO

DAVAO CITY, Philippines –The City Transportation and Traffic Management Office (CTTMO) said it will relax its rules against jaywalking for pedestrians passing on footways with defective signal lights. Dionesio Abude,…

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