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COLLECTIVE EFFORT. ?? On September 26, Davao City was given the Presidential award for the fifth time since 1998 as the Most Child-friendly City, but ?Maria Luisa Bermudo, chief of the City Social Service and Development Office says that the award was a product of the efforts of the city's various departments, civil society organizations, people's organizations, and barangay councils.(Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Duterte ‘no hand’ in Davao’s most child friendly city award – CSSDO  

The City Social Services and Development Office (CSSDO) insisted that former Davao City mayor and now President Rodrigo Duterte was not the reason why the city bagged the Most Child-friendly City award this year.

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Read more about the article Girl, 13, is youngest person with HIV in Davao
ADVOCATE.Nathaniel David, a person living with HIV-AIDS (PLHIV) since 2010, says that there is a need for persons with HIV to be educated about the disease.(Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

Girl, 13, is youngest person with HIV in Davao

A local health official confirmed that a 13-year old girl in the city is the youngest person living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) here.

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Read more about the article FAREWELL MIRIAM: Pols bid goodbye to Asia’s ‘Iron Lady’ 
Presidential aspirant Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago said she is “hurt” with the survey results which showed her as lagging behind other candidates despite a strong endorsement by young voters. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

FAREWELL MIRIAM: Pols bid goodbye to Asia’s ‘Iron Lady’ 

Philippine politicians remembered former Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago as the “Iron Lady” and one of the brightest senators in the country.

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Read more about the article Radical policy shift needed for national industrialization – NDF peace consultants
NDFP PEACE CONSULTANTS. National Democratic Front peace consultants discuss the contentious issues of the socio-economic reforms during a media forum at the NDF Monitoring Office in Cubao, Quezon City on September 23. From left: Kennedy Bangibang, Adel Silva, Ruben Saluta, Alan Jazmines, Loida Magpatoc, Prof. Ed Villegas, Renato Baleros and Jaime Soledad. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

Radical policy shift needed for national industrialization – NDF peace consultants

Peace consultants of the National Democratic Front said there is a need to reverse government policies to enact national industrialization, one of the issues of the comprehensive agreement on socioeconomic reform agenda that will be tackled by both the government and the NDF in the second round of talks next week.

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Read more about the article Duterte urged to stop US-PH military exercises
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 urged to stop US-PH military exercises

The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) urged President Rodrigo Duterte to stop the conduct of US-PH joint military exercises, describing it as "provocative".

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