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Read more about the article House HR committee probes Lapanday shooting
As security guards of Lapanday Food Corporation fired warning shots against protesting farmers in Tagum City on Friday, Dec. 9, the farmers took off their shirts to show that they are unarmed and should not be accused of bringing guns in the protest site. The farmers are claiming a portion of the land from the banana company. (Photo from Kilab Multimedia)

House HR committee probes Lapanday shooting

The members of the House Committee on Human Rights ?probed on Tuesday the shooting ?of farmers ?by alleged banana plantation guards of Lapanday Foods Corporation.

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Read more about the article Gina Lopez: The people are with me
Environment secretary Gina Lopez announces on Monday, Oct. 24 that the Department of Environmental and Natural Resources will no longer accept new mining permit applications. Lopez attnted a dialogue with the leaders of the indigenous and Moro peoples alliance, Sandugo, at the University of the Philippines Diliman. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Gina Lopez: The people are with me

Despite backlash from the mining industry, Department of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Gina Lopez on Tuesday said she remains confident that the support of the Filipino people were with her.

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Read more about the article IN PHOTOS: Pets in Davao get free vaccine for Rabies Awareness Month
Pet owners took their cats and dogs for a free anti-rabies vaccination at the People's Park on March 7, 2017. The free vaccination was initiated by the Office of the City Veterinarian for the Rabies Awareness Month. (davaotoday.com file photo)

IN PHOTOS: Pets in Davao get free vaccine for Rabies Awareness Month

Executive No. 84, signed in 1999, declares March as the Rabies Awareness Month to prevent and eradicate rabies that is seen as a dangerous disease of dog transmissible to humans through the bite of an infected animal.

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Read more about the article Rooting on Paris accord, PMCJ wants ‘concrete, stronger’ policy actions from gov’t

Rooting on Paris accord, PMCJ wants ‘concrete, stronger’ policy actions from gov’t

While it lauded Philippine President Duterte for signing the Paris Agreement, the Philippine Movement for Climate Justice said on Tuesday that it wanted more “concrete and stronger policy actions” from government to address the country’s goal to be independent from using coal.

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Read more about the article Lascañas’ inconsistent statements end Senate panel probe on DDS

Lascañas’ inconsistent statements end Senate panel probe on DDS

Retired policeman and self-confessed "Davao Death Squad" member Arturo Lascañas faced the members of the Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs in an attempt to pin down anew President Rodrigo Duterte in Davao Death Squad.

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