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Read more about the article DOJ official: Prosecutors must not? ?tarry with cases
Senior Deputy State Prosecutor Richard Anthony Fadullon, chief of the National Prosecution Service’s Special Cases Division of the Department of Justice, answers queries from reporters at the sidelines of the dialogue between police and prosecutors in Northern Mindanao held in a hotel recently. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

DOJ official: Prosecutors must not? ?tarry with cases

To ensure the conviction of criminal offenders, prosecutors must no longer be “passive” but must be resourceful in gathering additional evidence other than what the law enforcers give them, a Department of Justice (DOJ) official said.

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Read more about the article Pulong Duterte, Mans Carpio deny involvement in ‘Davao Group’
Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte and brother-in-law lawyer Maneses Carpio (davaotoday.com)

Pulong Duterte, Mans Carpio deny involvement in ‘Davao Group’

Presidential son, Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte and brother-in-law lawyer Maneses Carpio denied claims that they are involved in a multi-billion illegal drug trade deal.

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Read more about the article Tagum farmers fear eviction from land after CA rejects Mariano
SCARE TACTICS. Madaum Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries, Inc., said the charges filed against Department of Agrarian Reform Secretary Rafael Mariano is a ploy to prevent other government from implement real land reform. Tuyak made the statement in a press conference in Davao City on Tuesday, May 23. (Paulo C.Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Tagum farmers fear eviction from land after CA rejects Mariano

Agrarian reform beneficiaries in Tagum City, Davao del Norte province ?expressed ?fear that it will now be easy for a banana company to evict them from the disputed land after the powerful Commission on Appointments rejected the appointment of Rafael Mariano as the secretary of the Department of Agrarian Reform.

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Read more about the article NGCP repairs Aurora-Ozamiz line
A four-seater helicopter of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) transports transmission steel poles from its staging area in Barangay La Victoria, Aurora, Zamboanga del Sur to the structure sites in Barangays Usugan and San Jose in the town of Tambulig, Zamboanga del Sur. The transmission company is set to do their rehabilitation works by replacing wooden transmission poles into steel poles that composed of structures number 36 to 57 of the Aurora-Ozamiz 69KV line. (Divina M. Suson/davaotoday.com)

NGCP repairs Aurora-Ozamiz line

The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines has started ??yesterday, September 6, its ?repair works on the Aurora-Ozamiz transmission line.

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Read more about the article Farmers: Landlords oust Mariano from post
PRO-LANDLORD. Farmers storm the gate of the Senate in Pasay City for a noise barrage after the powerful Commission on Appointment rejected the appointment of Agrarian Reform Secretary Rafael Mariano on Wednesday, Sept. 6. (Alex D. Lopez/davaotoday.com)

Farmers: Landlords oust Mariano from post

For ?progressive ?farmers ?organizations in the country, the rejection of Agrarian Reform Secretary Rafael Mariano by the powerful Commission ?on Appointments ?only shows that the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte is leaning towards the landlords and big businesses that control vast tracts of lands for plantations.

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