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NPA FIGHTERS. Guerrillas of the New People's Army Mt. Alip Sub Regional Command in formation somewhere in the hinterlands of Matanao, Davao del Sur on Wednesday, April 19. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

NDFP welcomes DENR Sec. Lopez’s inputs on environmental preservation

The National Democratic Front of the Philippines on Saturday lauded Environmental Secretary Gina Lopez for her plan to work with the New People's Army as a "positive gesture towards implementing genuine social and economic development programs in mining areas."

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Read more about the article Army, NPA encounter in Aliwagwag Falls on Earth Day
BEAUTY RESTORED Aliwagwag Falls in Cateel, Davao Oriental, slowly regains her beauty and waters after suffering from the impact of Typhoon Pablo a year ago. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)

Army, NPA encounter in Aliwagwag Falls on Earth Day

Government troops and the New People's Army engaged in an hour-long fight after some 40 communist rebels attacked soldiers in Barangay Aliwagwag in Cateel, Davao Oriental on Sunday, April 23.

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Read more about the article Lapanday says DAR has ‘no authority’ to issue Writ of Installation

Lapanday says DAR has ‘no authority’ to issue Writ of Installation

The Lapanday Foods Corporation said they will oppose the Writ of Installation issued by the Department of Agrarian Reform favoring the farmers as this “defies the final Court order” which earlier ruled in its favor.

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Read more about the article Guards foil PNP, stop hopeful farmers from occupying DAR-ordered lands 
More than a hundred agrarian reform beneficiaries wait for their installation outside the disputed San Isidro farm area in Barangay San Isidro, Tagum City. Their installation was postponed for the second time on Friday, April 21, 2017 as the guards inside the plantation refused to receive the installation order from the Department of Agrarian Reform. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

Guards foil PNP, stop hopeful farmers from occupying DAR-ordered lands 

For the second time, agrarian reform beneficiaries here were stopped by company guards who refused to obey the Writ of Installation ordered by Agrarian Reform Secretary Rafael Mariano.

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Read more about the article #EarthDay2017: Group hits Duterte admin for ‘flip-flopping’ on resolving climate crisis in PHL  
President Rodrigo Duterte. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com file photo)

#EarthDay2017: Group hits Duterte admin for ‘flip-flopping’ on resolving climate crisis in PHL  

A climate change advocacy group scored the Duterte administration for flipflopping on resolving crisis in the country as it will mark the global observance of Earth Day 2017 on Saturday, April 22.

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