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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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Read more about the article Labor leader: No need for Duterte to sign EO on ‘endo’
Hundreds of protesters from Kilusang Mayo Uno and other progressive groups take part in the protest action held at the Divisoria park in Cagayan de Oro in time for the Labor Day observance on Tuesday, May 1. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

Labor leader: No need for Duterte to sign EO on ‘endo’

There is no need for Pres. Rodrigo Duterte to sign an executive order (EO) or for Congress to pass a legislation banning the illegal contractualization of workers since the same law has already been stipulated in Article 106 of the Philippine Labor Code, a labor group leader said on Tuesday, May 1.

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