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Read more about the article Tagum: 48 SWAT advance course grads to counter spillover of terrorism in Davao City
48 new graduates of the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team advance course march in the open grounds of the Davao City Police Office during the Closing Ceremony on Thursday, August 3. (Robby Joy D. Salveron/davaotoday.com)

Tagum: 48 SWAT advance course grads to counter spillover of terrorism in Davao City

The Davao City Police Office (DCPO) assured that with the help of 48 members of the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team, who recently graduated the advance course, a similar attack of extremists in Marawi City will not happen here.

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Read more about the article Davao’s mayor demands apology from Mega Harbour for calling her ‘reckless, callous’
Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte (Robby Joy D. Salveron/davaotoday.com)

Davao’s mayor demands apology from Mega Harbour for calling her ‘reckless, callous’

Presidential daughter and Davao City Mayor, Sara Duterte demanded an apology from port developer Mega Harbour Port and Development, Inc. for calling her “reckless, callous, and unethical” over the termination of the multi-billion coastline development project.

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Read more about the article FULL TEXT | Second National Interfaith Humanitarian Mission Report on Human Rights situation of Marawi evacuees

FULL TEXT | Second National Interfaith Humanitarian Mission Report on Human Rights situation of Marawi evacuees

The two National Interfaith Humanitarian Missions, especially the recently-concluded second wave, were able to open venues for the victims’ demands. These were venues that even the poorest, and in social heirarchies normally voiceless, evacuees were able to access. This allowed the fleshing out cases of human rights violations under Martial Law beyond the common narrative of the effects of the aerial bombings.

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Read more about the article Parojinogs run Ozamiz City like a feudal state —Duterte
President Rodrigo Duterte during the 113th Founding Anniversary celebration of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) at its National Office in Quezon City on August 2, 2017. (KING RODRIGUEZ/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO)

Parojinogs run Ozamiz City like a feudal state —Duterte

President Rodrigo Duterte said that the Parojinogs ran Ozamiz City like a feudal state as he stood by policemen who conducted a raid that led to the demise of Ozamiz City Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog Sr. and 14 others on Sunday morning.

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Read more about the article Drop in number of mothers who complete exclusive breastfeeding to their infants alarming
Worldwide simultaneous breastfeeding event held in a mall in Davao City last August 2015. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com file photo)

Drop in number of mothers who complete exclusive breastfeeding to their infants alarming

A group of mothers expressed alarm over the decrease of the number of lactating mothers who complete exclusive breastfeeding to their infants, a situation that signals the increase of infants and babies being fed by substitute milk.

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