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Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) regional director Aminoden Guro (left), shows to public utility jeepney (PUJ) operators the Pantawid Pasada Program (PPP) card during the ceremonial distribution outside the Land Bank Velez branch, Cagayan de Oro on Tuesday, Aug. 28. The PPP card will entitle a PUJ operator with a P5,000 worth of fuel from August to December, this year. With Guro is Land Bank-Velez branch manager Lilia Capistrano (center) and PUJ operator Elsie Jandayan. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

Fuel subsidy for Normin PUJ operators hits a snag

Hundreds of public utility jeepneys (PUJs) operators have yet to receive their fuel subsidy from the government due to the problem of transfer of franchise documents, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board-10 (LTFRB-10) said.

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Read more about the article Stop red-tagging teachers, listen to our legitimate demands-teachers
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Stop red-tagging teachers, listen to our legitimate demands-teachers

The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT)-Davao Region condemned the red-baiting against the group, which was accused as “protectors of communists terrorists” amid their calls for local allowances for public school teachers in the city.

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Read more about the article Score of Sumifru workers wounded after dispersal team attempts to disperse camp
Seven workers under Nagkahiusang mga Mag-uuma sa Suyafa Farms (NAMASUFA) of Sumifro Philippines Company were wounded after unidentified men attempted to disperse the strike camp at Packing Plant 220.(Bern Pormento/davaotoday.com)

Score of Sumifru workers wounded after dispersal team attempts to disperse camp

Several workers under Nagkahiusang mga Mag-uuma sa Suyafa Farms (NAMASUFA) of Sumifro Philippines Company were wounded in a commotion on Thursday morning after some unidentified men accompanied by the members of Philippine National Police and Armed Forces of the Philippines attempted to disperse the strike camp.

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Read more about the article ‘Lower age of criminal liability doesn’t equate lower crimes’
Department of Social Welfare and Development Undersectary Mae Fe Ancheta-Templa (Photo from DSWD Protective Operations - Usec. Mae Fe Ancheta-Templa Facebook page)

‘Lower age of criminal liability doesn’t equate lower crimes’

Lowering the minimum age of criminal liability to 13 years old does not guarantee a decline in the volume of crimes involving young Filipino children, a social worker and a government official working in the Department of Social Welfare and Development said on Monday.

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