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Almost 1,500 police and military men stand in formation as Chief Supt. Manuel Gaerlan delivers instructions at the Police Regional Office 11 in Camp Quintin Merecido in Davao City on Monday, Jan. 9 during the deployment of forces for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit. Gaerlan said there will be at least 3,000 uniformed personnel from the Davao City Police, the Philippine Army, Coast Guard, and other security forces that will be securing the city for the launching of ASEAN 2017 on Jan. 15. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

1,500 gov’t forces to secure ASEAN meetings in Davao

Almost 1,500 combined forces of the police and military are all set for the series of meetings related to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations here from January 31 to February 22.

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Read more about the article ASEAN-PCOO Roadshow: Andanar brags 4 ‘milestones’ under Duterte admin

ASEAN-PCOO Roadshow: Andanar brags 4 ‘milestones’ under Duterte admin

The Presidential Communication Office launched the first-leg of a series of roadshow on the Information Education Communication Campaign as President Rodrigo Duterte’s took the chairmanship for the 2017 Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

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Read more about the article City approves more aid to typhoon victims in Luzon
Davao City Councilor Danilo Dayanghirang, chair of the Committee on Finance, delivers a privilege speech during the 18th Council’s regular session on Tuesday, Nov. 8, proposing for an increase of the city’s real property tax. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

City approves more aid to typhoon victims in Luzon

The city council here approved under suspended rules Tuesday another P3 million cash assistance to three more provinces in Luzon that suffered from Typhoon Nina last December 2016.

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Read more about the article Solons bash Duterte’s economic managers over SSS pension hike
Bayan Muna Partylist Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate and former Rep. Neri Colmenares, also from Bayan Muna Partylist (davaotoday.com file photo)

Solons bash Duterte’s economic managers over SSS pension hike

Militant lawmakers slammed the economic managers of President Rodrigo Duterte over the Social Security System pension hike issue and dared them to live with P40 only, the present daily equivalent of the P1,200 monthly base pension of the country’s SSS pensioners.

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