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Read more about the article Cops must not compel the innocent to surrender – lawyers group
Members of the Makabayan Bloc together with the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan and Movement against Tyranny held a press conference last June 27 and denounced the issuance of arrest warrant and the filing of murder charges against former partylist representatives Satur Ocampo and Teddy Casi?o of Bayan Muna, NAPC chair Liza Maza and former DAR Secretary Rafael Mariano.(Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)

Cops must not compel the innocent to surrender – lawyers group

Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Dir. Gen. Oscar Albayalde’s appeal to former party-list lawmakers—including National Anti-Poverty Commission chief Liza Maza— to surrender, is wrong and an injustice, the legal counsel of the group asserted on Monday.

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Read more about the article Concerned over reports of kidnappings,Muslim group launches free rides for Maranao women students in CDO
A Maranao elder checks the tarpaulin of the side of the public utility vehicle being used by the Linding Ko Mga Bae (LKMB), a group of Muslim men who initiated a program to ferry Maranao female students from school to their communities following reports of abductions in the cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan recently. The LKMB has launched the free ride program in Cagayan de Oro. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

Concerned over reports of kidnappings,Muslim group launches free rides for Maranao women students in CDO

Responding to reports that a handful of Maranao women were allegedly abducted Cagayan de Oro and Iligan recently, a group of young Muslim men have taken the initiative to ensure that no Maranao woman life will be put in danger.

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Read more about the article CPP warns of more rights abuses under Duterte-Arroyo partnership
RED FLAG. The flag of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) waves in the wind somewhere in the province of Compostela Valley. The CPP celebrated the 44th anniversary of its re-establishment Wednesday. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)

CPP warns of more rights abuses under Duterte-Arroyo partnership

As the Communist Party of the Philippines denounced the recent resurrection of trumped-up cases against former congressional representatives of the Makabayan bloc, the group also warned the people of more rights abuses under the partnership of President Rodrigo Duterte and House Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

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Read more about the article PNP-10: More than a thousand cops in drug enforcement units tested negative for drugs

PNP-10: More than a thousand cops in drug enforcement units tested negative for drugs

More than 1,000 law enforcers belonging to the various anti-drug units in the region have tested negative for traces of illegal substance, the Philippine National Police-10 (PNP-10) said Monday, July 30.

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