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Women and the youth conduct a prayer protest before they marched the streets of Marawi and attend the public hearing in Provincial Capitol Gym.(Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)

Angry Marawi women,youth barge through public hearing

Nearly two years of never-ending struggle to go back to where their houses once stood, the women and the youth held another show of anger and dismay over the failure of the government to improve the ground zero here, the scene of the heaviest battles of the armed forces and Maute group in 2017.

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Read more about the article Joma: Duterte bent to wage all-out war by terminating peace process
President Rodrigo Duterte examines one of the firearms donated by the People's Republic of China during the ceremonial turnover of the military assistance gratis at the Clark Air Base in Pampanga on June 28, 2017. Joining the President are Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Zhao Jianhua. RICHARD MADELO/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO

Joma: Duterte bent to wage all-out war by terminating peace process

Following the permanent termination of the peace negotiations with the Communist Party of the Philippines, Jose Maria Sison, Chief Political Consultant of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines is seeing the full implementation of the government’s all-out war against the revolutionary forces.

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Read more about the article Duterte swayed by peace spoilers in dismantling peace panel, groups say
The peace negotiations between the GRP and NDFP is terminated despite having three successful rounds of talks. (file photo)

Duterte swayed by peace spoilers in dismantling peace panel, groups say

President Duterte may have been swayed by peace spoilers, specifically coming from within the ranks of the military, when he decided to dissolve the peace panel negotiating with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) and eventually terminated the services of its members.

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Read more about the article NIA chief hit for inaction to aid farmers during drought
Farmers from Quezon, Bukidnon spread the grains of the Denorado rice to prepare it for milling. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

NIA chief hit for inaction to aid farmers during drought

Militant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) said National Irrigation Administration (NIA) chief Gen. Ricardo Visaya is doing nothing to support the farmers in the country, particularly in Mindanao during the onslaught of El Niño.

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Read more about the article Withdrawal from ICC will silence dissent, escalate HR violations in PH
nternational Criminal Court building in The Hague in the Netherands. (Photo courtesy of OSeveno/Wikimedia Commons)

Withdrawal from ICC will silence dissent, escalate HR violations in PH

Various groups have expressed deep apprehensions as the withdrawal of the country from the International Criminal Court (ICC) became final on Sunday, March 17.

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