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Read more about the article Alarm raised over Duterte’s “radical changes”
President Rodrigo Duterte salutes as he walks past the foyer guards prior to his departure at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport for his three-day official visit to the Republic of Korea on early Sunday morning, June 3, 2018. (Malacañang photo)

Alarm raised over Duterte’s “radical changes”

Various groups have expressed alarm over the recent pronouncement of President Rodrigo Duterte to implement “radical changes”.

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Read more about the article National data on solving riding in tandem killings not updated – PNP 11

National data on solving riding in tandem killings not updated – PNP 11

Police Regional Office 11 (Davao region) clarified that the process of transmission of reports to the Philippine National Police (PNP) national office is the main reason why they end up as the worst region at solving riding-in-tandem shootings.

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Read more about the article Workers dismayed with NEDA’s P10K monthly living budget
Rodel, 37 years old, and his family live under the Bolton bridge. They roam around downtown to beg for money to buy food. The First Quarter 2015 Social Weather Survey, conducted last March 20-23, showed 13.5% or an estimated 3 million families are experiencing involuntary hunger at least once in the past three months. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

Workers dismayed with NEDA’s P10K monthly living budget

Militant labor scoffed at the National Economic Development Authority for being “ridiculous” in pegging a P10,000 as decent monthly family budget.

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Read more about the article ‘Try living on a P10,000 month budget’ – progressive lawmakers
This mother does everything from handling a child, cleaning the house and cooking the food in a charcoal stove in her house along Boulevard Street. Poverty and housing is still a concern in this city. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

‘Try living on a P10,000 month budget’ – progressive lawmakers

Various labor groups and individuals have denounced as “misleading and unrealistic” the statement of a National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) official that the living standard for a Filipino family of five is P10,000 a month.

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Read more about the article Lumad group seeks protection of fugitive IP chieftain
Man on the Run. Datu Guibang Apoga, shown here in an interview with Davao Today in the mountains of Talaingod in 2006, promises to keep fighting for his dispossessed people. (davaotoday.com photo)

Lumad group seeks protection of fugitive IP chieftain

Pasaka Lumad confederation slammed the harassment of the 56th Infantry Battalion and paramilitary group ALAMARA to Lumad leader and chieftain of Salugpungan Ta Tanu Igkanugon, Datu Guibang Apoga.

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