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President Rodrigo R. Duterte answers queries from members of the media after administering the oath of office for the newly-appointed undersecretaries of different government agencies at the Rizal Hall of the Malacañan Palace on August 1, 2016. ACE MORANDANTE/PPD

Duterte an ‘icon of oligarchs,’ workers’ group says

Post author:MART D. SAMBALUD
Post published:October 19, 2017
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A labor group now is calling President Rodrigo Duterte an "icon of oligarchs” after he castigated the protesting jeepney drivers for staging a two-day transport strike, an act which the president called as “rebellion.”

INFOGRAPHIC: The rights of the domestic workers under the law

Post author:ZEA IO MING C. CAPISTRANO
Post published:October 19, 2017
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A number of domestic workers in the region are still unaware of their rights guaranteed under the Domestic Workers Act, a labor official said.

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PDEA counsel says Davao unit is undermanned

Post author:ZEA IO MING C. CAPISTRANO
Post published:October 18, 2017
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The drug enforcement agency tasked to oversee and implement the anti-illegal drugs campaign in this region is in need of more operatives, an official said Wednesday, October 18.

President Rodrigo Duterte, in his speech during his visit to the Ozamiz City Police Station on August 17, 2017, warns those involved in illegal drugs to stop their illicit activities or they may face harsh consequences. (KARL NORMAN ALONZO/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO)

Karapatan tells Duterte: Red tagging of activists gags dissent

Post author:MART D. SAMBALUD
Post published:October 18, 2017
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President Rodrigo Duterte’s claim that progressive groups are “communists fronts,” is meant to gag dissent, a human rights group said on Wednesday, October 18.

Surgeon caught in pot session with Albay Environment chief

Post author:ZEA IO MING C. CAPISTRANO
Post published:October 18, 2017
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A practicing surgeon in Davao City and a provincial environment chief from Albay province are now facing charges after they were caught holding a pot session on Tuesday, October 17.

Duterte an ‘icon of oligarchs,’ workers’ group says

INFOGRAPHIC: The rights of the domestic workers under the law

PDEA counsel says Davao unit is undermanned

Karapatan tells Duterte: Red tagging of activists gags dissent

Surgeon caught in pot session with Albay Environment chief

NBI testimony: Duterte’s threat to Marcos Jr. ‘serious and real’

ACT Party-list: Marcos Jr.’s education promises largely unmet

Kabataan Partylist gives Marcos Jr. failing grade on youth concerns ahead of SONA

IBON: PH economic model keeping millions of Filipinos poor

EDITORIAL: When the Terror Law spreads fear, people fight back