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ARMY TANK. A government-owned trailer truck carries an army tank as it was unloaded at the Iligan City port. Several tanks arrived Thursday evening, Aug. 3 on board the Philippine Navy's BRP Davao Del Sur to support the ongoing military operations against the Daesh-inspired extremists in Marawi City. (Divina M. Suson/davaotoday.com)

ARMY TANK

A government-owned trailer truck carries an army tank as it was unloaded at the Iligan City port. Several tanks arrived Thursday evening, Aug. 3 on board the Philippine Navy's BRP Davao Del Sur to support the ongoing military operations against the Daesh-inspired extremists in Marawi City. (Divina M. Suson/davaotoday.com)

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Read more about the article NPA killed, soldier wounded in series of clashes in Davao region

NPA killed, soldier wounded in series of clashes in Davao region

The Armed Forces of the Philippines said a member of the New People’s Army was killed and one soldier was wounded in series of armed confrontations that took place on Thursday morning, August 3, in the provinces of Davao Occidental and Compostela Valley.

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Read more about the article Militants hit Army’s ‘red-baiting’ activities
ACTIVISTS. (Left to Right) Kilusang Mayo Uno Southern Mindanao Region Secretary General Carlo Olalo, Tony Salube, spokesperson of Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas Southern Mindanao Region, and May Ann Sapar of Gabriela, Southern Mindanao Region call for the lifting of Martial Law, and the resumption of peace talks between the government and the National Democratic Front in a press conference on Friday, July 4 in Davao City. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Militants hit Army’s ‘red-baiting’ activities

Progressive groups here condemned the surge of different forms of red-baiting, which have become more ?conspicuous after President Rodrigo Duterte recently terminated the peace talks, and declared an all-out war against the New People’s Army.

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Read more about the article Makabayan bloc welcomes Duterte’s signing of free tuition bill
President Rodrigo Duterte meets with members of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan and lawmakers under the Makabayan bloc in Malacañan on July 18, 2017. Duterte also met with the leaders of Bayan in Malacañan last year before his State of the Nation Address. (ROBINSON NIN?AL JR./PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO)

Makabayan bloc welcomes Duterte’s signing of free tuition bill

The Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives welcomed the signing into law of the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act.

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Read more about the article 7?,000 TB cases recorded in Davao region?
ELIMINATING TUBERCULOSIS. Department of Health (DOH) Region 11 Tuberculosis Program Medical Coordinator, Dr. Hansel Amoguis, Dr. Parkash Mansukhani, and Nurse Evelyn Uy-Gelito, say the government is now intensifying their efforts to eliminate tuberculosis in the Philippines. (Robby Joy D. Salveron/davaotoday.com)

7?,000 TB cases recorded in Davao region?

There were as many as 7,000 tuberculosis cases recorded in the Davao Region ?in the first two quarters of the year, a health official said?, describing it as already half the number recorded last year.? Department of Health R?egional Tuberculosis Program Medical Coordinator, Dr. Hansel Amoguis said "there’s still six months remaining to determine whether the number of cases detected have increased?."

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