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Read more about the article City Councilor mulls requiring reflector vests for motorcyclists
RISKY RIDE Despite the city’s strict helmet rules for motorcycle riders, some incidents such as this family allowing a kid to ride without his helmet slipped past traffic management personnel that police the streets. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

City Councilor mulls requiring reflector vests for motorcyclists

A city councilor is proposing a local law that will mandate all motorcycle users, including their passengers, to wear reflectorized vests when traveling along the City's roads especially at night.

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Read more about the article Youth activists tell Bato: we learn to tell right from wrong
Youth and students were also among the participants during Monday's protest. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)

Youth activists tell Bato: we learn to tell right from wrong

Former police chief and now Senator Ronaldo “Bato” dela Rosa proposes to deploy police into universities and campuses following complaints from parents that their children have been recruited to activist groups and have not returned home.

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Read more about the article Davao City Council eyes another billion to City budget

Davao City Council eyes another billion to City budget

Committee Chairperson on Finance, Ways and Means, and Appropriations, Councilor Danilo Dayanghirang, said during the Kapehan sa Dabaw press conference on Monday (Aug. 12) that the City Council is set to approve the P1,474,394, 612.98 supplemental budget 1 (SB1).

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Read more about the article City employees to receive performance bonuses
The Davao City Hall. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)

City employees to receive performance bonuses

Local government employees here will soon be receiving their performance bonus as the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and Department of Budget and Management (DBM) have given their go signal.

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Read more about the article Lumad leader, group hit attacks by military, MIPCEL

Lumad leader, group hit attacks by military, MIPCEL

Bayan Muna party-list Representative Eufemia Cullamat said members of the Mindanao Indigenous People's Council of Elders (MIPCEL) and the military will not succeed in their “campaign to vilify Lumad groups” who continue to fight for self-determination and protect their ancestral lands.

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