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MASSACRE SITE. Erita Capion, sister-in-law of Juvy Capion, presents to the Benedictine nuns the details of the “Tampakan Massacre” Sunday during a forum at St. Scholastica College in Manila. Juvy Capion and her two young sons were “massacred” by the 27th Infantry Battalion last October. (davaotoday.com photo by Alex D. Lopez)

Swiss-owned mining firm to face int’l HR tribunal for rights violations

Swiss mining giant Glencore will go on trial before the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHCR) in Geneva this month for “troubling human rights violations in the Philippines.”

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Read more about the article Riparian Forest Corridor in the Panigan-Tamugan Watershed
Riparian Forest Corridor in the Panigan-Tamugan Watershed is slated to emerge along the pristine Tamugan River, to preserve its sustainability and potability, according to Mary Ann V. Fuentes, executive director of the Interface Development Interventions (IDIS). This forest corridor is part of the conservation project of the Watershed Management Council (WMC) along the riverbank tributaries to protect its stream sources. To reforest the riverbank areas, Fuentes said it would need to rehabilitate the areas that are already delineated and permanently identified as critical by the Council.

Riparian Forest Corridor in the Panigan-Tamugan Watershed

Riparian Forest Corridor in the Panigan-Tamugan Watershed is slated to emerge along the pristine Tamugan River, to preserve its sustainability and potability, according to Mary Ann V. Fuentes, executive director of the Interface Development Interventions (IDIS). (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com).

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CENRO head, Engr. Eliza Madrazo explains the preparations on managing waste during the annual Kadayawan harvest festival, during the iSpeak media fourm at Davao City Hall. The department will field additional 20 personnel per shift in the downtown area.

Additional Personnel

CENRO head, Engr. Eliza Madrazo explains the preparations on managing waste during the annual Kadayawan harvest festival, during the iSpeak media fourm at Davao City Hall. The department will field additional 20 personnel per shift in the downtown area.

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Read more about the article Davao activists, sectoral leaders call for Aquino “ouster” on his 5th SONA

Davao activists, sectoral leaders call for Aquino “ouster” on his 5th SONA

Activists and other groups who held a "People's Sona (state of the nation address) hours before President Benigno Simeon Aquino III gave his own fifth Sona. The groups said "Aquino's blunders in the four years of being in office is enough grounds to call for his ouster."

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