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END IMPUNITY. Foreign delegates of the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP), journalists and church workers light candles at the St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Maa, Davao City to commemorate the death of 58 individuals, including 32 journalists, on the eighth year anniversary of the Maguindanao massacre on Thursday, November 23. (Medel V. Hernani / davaotoday.com)

HR advocate slams continuing attack on Philippine press

A human rights group condemned the alleged ongoing assault, particularly by government, on the members of the press in the Philippines, in time for the commemoration of World Press Freedom Day, May 3.

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Read more about the article 46% of drug reformists in Davao City dropped out of rehab
Davao City Mayor Inday Sara Duterte graced the 1st year anniversaty of T.A.R.A. N.A. (Tabangan Atong Reformist Aron Naa'y Asenso) at Davao City Recreation Center in November 2017. (Photo from City Information Office)

46% of drug reformists in Davao City dropped out of rehab

Almost half of the population of the drug reformists under the Community-based Rehabilitation and After Care Program (CBRAP) has dropped out of their rehabilitation program in Davao City.

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Read more about the article Anti-TRAIN petitioners say law is misleading, deceptive
DISMAYED. Bayan Muna Representative Carlos Zarate expressed dismay over the refusal of the military to allow representatives of National Interfaith Humanitarian Mission to enter Marawi City on Thursday, June 15. Aside from the distribution of relief goods, representatives of the mission also aimed to talk to the local government officials in the area to hear their briefings and views on the ongoing military offensives in the city. (Alexander Lopez/davaotoday.com)

Anti-TRAIN petitioners say law is misleading, deceptive

A progressive party-list lawmaker on Wednesday downplayed as “misleading” and “deceptive” the Office of the Solicitor General’s (OSG) defense that the government’s P200 financial aid was enough to guard poor Filipino families against the inflationary impacts of the Duterte administration’s tax reform program.

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Read more about the article 251 in Davao Region under ‘Election Watchlist Areas’
The Davao City Police Office spokesperson Police Chief Inspector Milgrace Driz says they are ready to secure the upcoming May 9 elections. She said three districts in Davao City are placed under the election watchlist areas (EWAS) including Marilog, Paquibato and Baguio districts.(Ace R.Morandante/davaotoday.com)

251 in Davao Region under ‘Election Watchlist Areas’

The Philippines National Police in Davao region has recommended 251 villages to be placed under the Election Watchlist Areas or EWAS for the 2018 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Elections.

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Read more about the article IN PHOTOS: Thousands join defiant Labor Day rally in Davao
Workers under different labor federations march together in a march protest against any form of labor-only contract on Labor Day. (Mark Joy G. Basallajes/davaotoday.com)

IN PHOTOS: Thousands join defiant Labor Day rally in Davao

Three major labor federations march alongside each other in the streets here on May 1 to denounce President Rodrigo Duterte's failure to fulfill his campaign promise to stop any form of labor-only contracting in the country.

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