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Read more about the article Most Filipinos oppose charter change, survey says
Moro and indigenous people from Mindanao led by the Sandugo Movement of Moro and Indigenous Peoples for Self Determination staged a protest in front of the House of Representatives on Monday, March 5, to denounce the proposed Charter change (Cha-cha) of the current administration. (Photo courtesy of Sandugo)

Most Filipinos oppose charter change, survey says

Many Filipinos may be open to amend the 1987 Philippine Constitution sometime in the future, but majority expressed their opposition if such charter change is effected now.

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Read more about the article HR advocate slams continuing attack on Philippine press
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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