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Read more about the article Funds for Marawi rehab ready for release – Diokno
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)

Funds for Marawi rehab ready for release – Diokno

The funds intended for the rehabilitation of Marawi ?City in central Mindanao ?from the rubbles of the continuing war is now ready for release.

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Read more about the article Dying for the Earth: PHL still among deadliest countries for environment activists
An emotional Christina Lantaw holds a picture of slain farmer and anti-mining advocate Jimmy Saypan during Monday’s protest rally led by national minority alliance group Sandugo in front of the Department of Justice office in Padre Faura Street, Manila. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Dying for the Earth: PHL still among deadliest countries for environment activists

The brutal slaying of 28 land and environmental defenders in 2016 underscores the risk of environmental activism in the Philippines, placing the country again in the global spotlight as one of the deadliest countries in Asia and the world for environment activists.

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Read more about the article NPA declares Davao Oriental police officer a prisoner of war
NPA formation in Davao Oriental (FILE PHOTO/davaotoday.com)

NPA declares Davao Oriental police officer a prisoner of war

The New People's Army owned up to the arrest of a police officer in Davao Oriental saying they are investigating him for possible war crimes amid the implementation of Martial Law in Mindanao.

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Read more about the article Lumad children pine for education
Lumad students and teachers of private schools catering to indigenous communities listen to a speech from a visiting pastor of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines at the protest camp along the regional office of the Department of Education in Davao City on Thursday, July 13.

Lumad children pine for education

Joniver Abo is already 21 years old, but he is determined to finish his high school education and hopes to become a teacher someday.

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