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Read more about the article 85 SCAAs add to anti-terror personnel in Davao
TURNOVER OF ARMS. Senior officers hand over M-16 rifles to the 85 newly-graduated Citizen Armed Force Geographical Unit - Active Auxiliary Category 2 who graduated from their basic military training course on Wednesday, June 14 at the Task Force Davao headquarters in Sta. Ana Wharf, Davao City. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

85 SCAAs add to anti-terror personnel in Davao

Eighty five recruits graduated as Special Civilian Active Auxilliary (SCAA) and were issued firearms on Wednesday to replenish those who were enlisted into the regular forces of the Philippine Army.

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Read more about the article Gov’t claims to continue to gain foothold in Marawi
NO CAUSE FOR CONCERN. Solicitor General Jose Calida says law abiding citizens have nothing to fear of the Martial Law imposed by President Rodrigo Duterte in Mindanao. Behind him are Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella and designated spokesperson for the implementation of Martial Law, Brigadier General Resituto Padilla in a press conference in Davao City on Friday, May 26. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Gov’t claims to continue to gain foothold in Marawi

Of the 96 villages in Marawi City, only four villages remain “problematic” areas and are now the focused of military operations, Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said Wednesday during Wednesday’s “Mindanao Hour.”

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Read more about the article Investment confab to push through by July
DAVAO ICON 2017. Arturo Milan, Chairman of the Davao Investment Conference (ICON) 2017 says that the conference will push through in July 21-22, at the SMX Convention Center here in the city despite the "prevailing negative perception" about the declaration of Martial law in Mindanao. Milan announced the conference's 'Go' signal in a press conference on Wednesday, June 14, at the Habi at Kape, Abreeza Mall Davao.

Investment confab to push through by July

The Davao Investment Conference (ICON) will push through in July despite the proclamation of Martial law in Mindanao.

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Read more about the article US, AFP ‘exaggerated’ collaboration worsens Marawi crisis—Moro group
ON FIRE. Black smoke billowed from the area of Sarimanok in Marawi City on Saturday morning, May 27 as attack helicopters of the Armed Forces of the Philippines pounded the area where members of Maute group are believed to be holding their position. (Alexander Lopez/davaotoday.com)

US, AFP ‘exaggerated’ collaboration worsens Marawi crisis—Moro group

The collaboration between the US forces and the Armed Forces of the Philippines only worsens the crisis in the besieged Marawi City, a Moro leader said in a statement on Wednesday.

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Read more about the article ‘Kapagugopa’: Groups initiate community kitchen for Marawi evacuees
Photos by Rural Missionaries of the Philippines-Northern Mindanao Region (RMP-NMR)

‘Kapagugopa’: Groups initiate community kitchen for Marawi evacuees

As the crisis in the besieged Marawi City enters on the 23rd day, several religious groups initiated a community kitchen to feed the thousands evacuees. 

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