Group slams Congress’ proposed jail time for young offenders

By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Davao Today

“Legislators seem to be missing the point.  There is a deeper social context why our so-called ‘young offenders’ are being pushed to commit petty-crimes and sometimes used by organized syndicate crimes.” – Arlene Brosas, spokesperon for Akap Bata

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Thousands of distressed OFWs await gov’t action in tent cities in Riyadh, Jeddah

By CHERYLL D. FIEL
Davao Today

Gary Martinez, International Chairperson of Migrante says their organization has helped 15 of these OFWs finally return to the country last Saturday, two of them are from Davao City.  “They can talk about how they were treated by embassy officials in Riyadh,” he says.

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