Read more about the article Mayor Sara welcomes ombudsman to probe on first family’s wealth
Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte (Robby Joy D. Salveron/davaotoday.com)

Mayor Sara welcomes ombudsman to probe on first family’s wealth

Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio has no qualms on the ombudsman’s probe on the wealth of their family after it found sufficient basis on the complaint filed by Senator Antonio Trillanes IV.

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Read more about the article Groups say ?Marawi crisis, peace in Mindanao interconnected
MARAWI AFTER 100 DAYS. Philippine Marines patrol the highway of Barangay Bubong Madaya on Wednesday, Aug. 30. The village became the main battle area between government troops and the ISIS-inspired Maute group in Marawi City for more than three months. The only Islamic City in the Philippines was completely destroyed 100 days after the fighting. (Divina M. Suson/davaotoday.com)

Groups say ?Marawi crisis, peace in Mindanao interconnected

The ongoing conflict in Marawi City and the consequent displacement of thousands of civilians can be linked to many factors affecting the situation in Mindanao, a multi-sectoral group composed of Christian and Muslim leaders said.

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Read more about the article New DAR chief asked to expedite installation of beneficiaries’ lands
Members of the Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARB) One Movement (AOM) set up a protest camp in front of the provincial office of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in Barangay Mankilam in Tagum City on Wednesday, September 27. (Photo courtesy of Bong Artil/Kilab Multimedia)

New DAR chief asked to expedite installation of beneficiaries’ lands

Almost 1,000 plantation workers are up against landowners of banana plantation as they claim the ownership right to the banana plantation lands in Davao del Norte.

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Read more about the article Solve poverty not just BBL, Lanao Norte lawmaker urged
Lanao del Norte 1st District Rep. Mohamad Khalid Dimaporo in a recent interview with reporters inside the Laguindingan Airport. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

Solve poverty not just BBL, Lanao Norte lawmaker urged

Approving the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) should not only be the initiative to solve the decades-long conflict in Mindanao, a lawmaker from Lanao del Norte said Thursday, September 28.

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Read more about the article NDFP: Duterte’s general amnesty offer to NPA fighters ‘violates’ spirit of peace talks
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NDFP: Duterte’s general amnesty offer to NPA fighters ‘violates’ spirit of peace talks

The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) seconded the rejection earlier expressed by the Communist Party of the Philippines against the President’s general amnesty offer to the New People’s Army (NPA).

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