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Read more about the article Duterte warns mining companies: pay higher taxes or shut down
Senate President Aquilino 'Koko' Pimentel III (left) and House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez applaud as President Rodrigo R. Duterte announces during his first State of the Nation Address at the Batasang Pambansa in Quezon City on Monday, July 25, 2016 that he will lower the income tax. The three leaders are all from Mindanao. (ACE MORANDANTE/PPD)

Duterte warns mining companies: pay higher taxes or shut down

President Rodrigo Duterte gave a stern warning to mining companies that they will have to take responsibility to rehabilitate mining areas they destroyed or he will put an end to mining.

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Read more about the article NCCA strengthens ‘culture and arts for the society’
(From left to right) Renee Talavera, NCCA Section Head Cultural Community and Training Arts Section, Rico Pableo, NCCA Executive Director, and John Bengan, NCLA Executive Council Member (Evan Michael Clerigo/davaotoday.com)

NCCA strengthens ‘culture and arts for the society’

Highlighting the role of Philippine arts and culture in the country’s development, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) has put up a promotional program to fit the framework of the Philippine Development Plan: AmBisyon Natin.

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Read more about the article Iligan City-bound protesters held in checkpoints, delayed by traffic jam
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Iligan City-bound protesters held in checkpoints, delayed by traffic jam

Thousands of individuals belonging to various militant groups in Northern Mindanao were held in police and military checkpoints along the national highway going to Iligan City to attend a protest action there in time for President Rodrigo Duterte’s State of the National Address (Sona) Monday afternoon.

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Read more about the article State of the Youth Address: Educational system getting worse
In this photo taken on July 21, 2017, youth groups in the region marched along Magallanes street, two days before the second State of the Nation Address of President Rodrigo Duterte, calling for free education and the stop of attacks against Lumad schools. (MD Genotiva/davaotoday.com)

State of the Youth Address: Educational system getting worse

Progressive youth activists insisted that the youth are entitled to an array of rights, including the right to free and quality education.

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