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Read more about the article Mindanao’s true face portrayed by peasants, workers, IPs on Duterte’s second SONA

Mindanao’s true face portrayed by peasants, workers, IPs on Duterte’s second SONA

They came – the workers, peasants and indigenous peoples, to represent their class to depict the true conditions of their communities and workplaces during the second State of the Nation Address of President Rodrigo Duterte. They joined the thousands of the marginalized sectors of the country and camped out in strategic areas in Metro Manila to air out their grievances that one year into the present administration, no changes were effected in Mindanao.

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Read more about the article Dabawenyos cheer, jeer Duterte’s 2nd SONA
President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his second State of the Nation Address (SONA) at the Batasang Pambansa on Monday, July 24, 2017. (KARL NORMAN ALONZO/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO)

Dabawenyos cheer, jeer Duterte’s 2nd SONA

President, Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s 2nd State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 24, earned mixed reactions from his bailiwick here?, where he was mayor for two decades?.

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Read more about the article Maranao leaders ask gov’t to open access roads in Marawi
FIGHTING GOES ON. More than four weeks since the siege occurred, intense fighting continues in Marawi City. Smoke billows in various areas in Marawi as military ground operations and air assaults took place on Thursday morning, June 22. (Alex D. Lopez/davaotoday.com)

Maranao leaders ask gov’t to open access roads in Marawi

Maranaw leaders have urged the government to reopen two access roads connecting Marawi to other areas in Lanao del Sur for easy transport of basic commodities into the towns surrounding the besieged city.

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Read more about the article SONA PROTEST
SONA PROTEST. Thousands of peasants, workers, indigenous people, urban poor and other sectors coming from various parts of the country march towards the House of Representatives on Monday, July 24 to air out the people's grievances in time with the second State of the Nation Address of President Rodrigo Duterte. (Alex D. Lopez/davaotoday.com)

SONA PROTEST

Thousands of peasants, workers, indigenous people, urban poor and other sectors coming from various parts of the country march towards the House of Representatives on Monday, July 24 to air out the people's grievances in time with the second State of the Nation Address of President Rodrigo Duterte. (Alex D. Lopez/davaotoday.com)

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Read more about the article Indigenous children from Mindanao want to stop Martial Law
Only a few meters outside the House of Representatives in Quezon City where President Rodrigo Duterte is delivering his State of the Nation Address, indigenous children from Mindanao express their opposition to Martial Law through an a cappella of Musikang Bayan's Igpaw Mindanao on Monday, July 24. (Lorie Ann Cascaro/davaotoday.com)

Indigenous children from Mindanao want to stop Martial Law

Hours before President Duterte arrived at the House of the Representatives on a white helicopter on Monday to deliver his second State of the Nation Address (SONA), children from the hinterlands in Mindanao, Southern Philippines, dressed in their tribal clothes, ?called on government ?to stop Martial Law at a nationwide protest.

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