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Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III (davaotoday.com)

Bello: GRP, NDFP to hold informal talks before resuming 5th round in August

The peace panels are back to their feet as the government peace panel chief Silvestre Bello said the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines will possibly resume the negotiations next month.

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Read more about the article Coco farmers remind Duterte of promise to return levy fund
COCO FUND. Farmers under the Kilusang Magbubukid sa Pilipinas- Davao City demand that the government give back the coco-levy funds to farmer-investors in time for the commemoration of the peasants’ month. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)

Coco farmers remind Duterte of promise to return levy fund

President Rodrigo Duterte was reminded of his campaign promise last year to return the coco levy fund to the coconut farmers.

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Relatives say 4 men arrested by military in Compostela Valley were ‘fishing past curfew hour’

The relatives of the four residents accused as New People's Army rebels and arrested by the military in Laak, Compostela Valley on June 27 said the four were only fishing past the "curfew" hour.

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Read more about the article Group lauds dissenting SC justice, 3 others who favor to limit ML in Mindanao
(From L-R) Associate Justice Marvic Leonen, Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio and Associate Justice Alfredo Benjamin Caguioa

Group lauds dissenting SC justice, 3 others who favor to limit ML in Mindanao

A multisectoral group here lauded a dissenting Supreme Court Justice and three other SC justices after the High Tribunal upheld the enforcement of Martial Law in Mindanao.

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Read more about the article Presidential son calls on Filipinos to support Martial Law in Mindanao
Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte presid?es? over the 18th ?City C?ouncil session for the first time on Tuesday, August 2, 2016. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Presidential son calls on Filipinos to support Martial Law in Mindanao

After the Supreme Court dismissed all the petitions against the imposition of martial law and the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus in Mindanao, Presidential son and this city’s Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte called on the people to stand united and render full support to Martial Law.

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