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Read more about the article Salugpongan House inquiry smeared with malicious intent, groups claim
LEARNING. Lumad (tribal) pupils from the Salugpongan Ta Tanu Igkanugon Community Learning Center Inc in an evacuation center in Davao City focus on their lessons while their relatives and elders join a long march to the national capital to call on a stop to the killing of their leaders. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

Salugpongan House inquiry smeared with malicious intent, groups claim

A Lumad organization slammed the recent ‘congressional inquiry’ being done against Salugpongan schools for its ‘malicious intention’ to link the school to the New People’s Army (NPA).

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Read more about the article Joma: No more peace negotiations under Duterte regime
Communist of the Philippines founding chairman Prof. Jose Maria Sison and President Rodrigo Duterte (davaotoday.com)

Joma: No more peace negotiations under Duterte regime

The exiled communist leader said the Duterte government's move to pursue localized peace talks categorically made the resumption of the GRP-NDFP peace talks elusive.

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Read more about the article No signs of softening as Sumifru workers vow to carry on the fight for rights
PROTEST. Militant organizations staged a protest action in front of Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 11 here on Friday, October 12 to denounce the violent dispersal of banana plantation workers who went on strike against Sumifru in Compostela, Compostela Valley province after the banana firm failed to enter in a new collective bargaining agreement with the workers' union NAMASUFA. (Ken E. Cagula/davaotoday.com)

No signs of softening as Sumifru workers vow to carry on the fight for rights

Red flags are still waving high as hundreds of banana workers remained on strike against the giant Japanese banana firm for its unfair labor practices and the company’s push for government’s immediate intervention on different attacks against the striking workers.

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Read more about the article Cooperation with Asean members needed for PH to resolve sea row with China
Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate (right) thinks that the Philippines must use the alliance it has with other Southeast Asian countries to stop Chinese aggression in the West Philippine Sea during a press conference on Tuesday, April 9. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

Cooperation with Asean members needed for PH to resolve sea row with China

The country must assert its own claim to ownership of the contested territory in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) but it has to seek the help of other nations in the region so it could have a bigger voice against the aggressive actions of an Asian superpower, a militant lawmaker said Tuesday.

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