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
NPA formation in Davao Oriental (FILE PHOTO/davaotoday.com)

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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Read more about the article Thousands in gridlock as landslide hits Davao
GRIDLOCK. A landslide causes a gridlock in Davao City on October 6. (Photo by Malaya Genotiva / davaotoday.com)

Thousands in gridlock as landslide hits Davao

DAVAO CITY, Philippines – Commuters and motorists found themselves trapped in heavy traffic this weekend as a portion of the Diversion Road was closed due to landslide. Dioni?sio Abude, head…

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