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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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Read more about the article Ombudsman clears 2 Mis. Or. officials on nepotism, graft charges
Misamis Oriental provincial board member President Elipe (left) tells reporters during a press conference on Monday, April 8, that he and Gov. Yevgeny Vincente Emano (right) were vindicated when the Office of the Ombudsman dismissed the nepotism and other charges filed against them. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

Ombudsman clears 2 Mis. Or. officials on nepotism, graft charges

Vindicated was how two Misamis Oriental provincial government officials described the decision of the Office of the Ombudsman who recently dismissed the nepotism case and several graft cases against them.

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Read more about the article DSWD-XI: Revalidated list of social pensioners out by June
Senior citizens queue to avail free flu vaccines inside the new health center building beside Sasa Barangay Hall in Davao City. Free medicine beneficiaries arrive as early as 8:00 am on Friday. Vaccination begins at almost 11:00 am.(Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)

DSWD-XI: Revalidated list of social pensioners out by June

The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Davao Region (DSWD-XI) is eyeing to complete by June this year the cleaning of the list of social pensioners under its program Social Pension Program for Indigent Senior Citizens (SPISC).

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Read more about the article Mayor Sara to youth: Take good lessons from history
World War 2 veteran Florentino B. Babila, 90 years old, is escorted by his great grandson, Ron Babila Salban at the Veteran's Memorial Circle in Freedom Park during the Araw ng Kagitingan celebration. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

Mayor Sara to youth: Take good lessons from history

Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio encourage the youth to learn from the country’s history, as she delivered her message during the 77th Commemoration of the Araw ng Kagitingan on Tuesday, April 9 at the Veterans Memorial Monument in Ponciano-Roxas Streets in Davao City.

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