Informal settlers wait for Duterte’s visit to cemetery to air concerns

S?upporters ?milled and waited around the tomb of the father of President Rodrigo Duterte, hoping to get a chance to talk to the former city mayor, ?despite the announcement that his visit to the cemetery on Tuesday night was cancelled.

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Workers wear shirts with their calls to raise the national minimum wage to P750 for the private sector and P16,000 for the public sector.

Workers to Duterte: we are not asking for managerial pay

Calling it as “immediate relief” for low wage earners, Jerome Adonis, secretary-general of KMU and convener of the All Workers Unity, said it is high time that a national minimum wage of P750 for workers in the private sector and P16,000 for government workers should be implemented.

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President Rodrigo Duterte and Japan Prime Minister Shinz? Abe share a light moment during the declaration of joint statement following the expanded bilateral meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Japan on Oct. 26. (REY BANIQUET/PPD)

PH maintains ‘excellent ties’ with Japan

Upon his arrival from his three-day visit to Japan, President Rodrigo Duterte described that the relationship of the Philippines and a US’ ally is excellent.

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FRESH FROM ASEAN SUMMIT. President Rodrigo Duterte says he is satisfied with his performance at the Association of Southeast Asian Nation Summit recently held in Vientiane, Laos. Duterte arrived Saturday midnight, September 10 at the Davao International Airport where he met with the media to report about his first international trip as head of state. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Duterte vows no more cussing, but…

He might have promised God in a dream that he will stop cursing, but President Rodrigo Duterte said there is always a time to curse.

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