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HEATED POLITICS

HEATED POLITICS

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Apr 24, 2013

Davao City Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte advises Joji Ilagan-Bian on Tuesday to get out of politics if she can’t “take…

RALLY FOR COLLEAGUES

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Apr 21, 2013

Members of environment group Panalipdan and Bagong Alyansang Makabayan take to the streets Saturday to condemn the military for harassing the delegates of the April 18-20 National Humanitarian and FactFinding Mission in Barangay Binondo, Baganga, Davao Oriental. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)

JUSTICE FOR ROQUE

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Apr 18, 2013

Militants picket outside the Commission on Human Rights-XI office in Davao City Monday as they slammed the AFP and demanded…

CHARGING THE AFP

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Apr 18, 2013

CHARGING THE AFP. “There was no encounter (between the military and NPA),” Sonny Cortes asserts as his family filed a…

PLANTING RICE IN NANAY SILAY’S REMAINING PADDY

PLANTING RICE IN NANAY SILAY’S REMAINING PADDY

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Jan 19, 2012

Visiting college students plant rice in a contested lot in Barangay Maa, this city. Claimed by the powerful Villa Abrilles to be used for a high-end subdivision, the lot is being fought for by Nanay Silay and other urban poor residents in the area. The Villa-Abrilles forcibly evicted residents, destroyed plants and dumped landfill in the 11-hectare land last year. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel Hernani)

Discussion

Discussion

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Jan 16, 2012

DISCUSSION. A liaison officer from the local government discusses with the leader of the small-scale miners the mechanics of distributing…

One More

One More

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Jan 16, 2012

ONE MORE.  Volunteers of the search and retrieval operations recovered one more body from the landslide area.  (davaotoday.com photo by Medel Hernani)

ONE LIGHT

ONE LIGHT

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Jan 01, 2012

ONE LIGHT. A little girl holds her lit candle during the candle lighting activity in Isla Delta, Barangay Consolacion, Cagayan…

FOR CAGAYAN DE ORO

FOR CAGAYAN DE ORO

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Jan 01, 2012

[slideshow=4] FOR CAGAYAN DE ORO. Members of various organizations light candles in Isla Delta, a community in the riverbank hit…