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Read more about the article Transport group opposes PUV fare hike proposal
SIGNBOARDS UP. Despite a new rule banning display? of destination signboards?, these jeepneys ?sneak ? signboards on their windshields on Wednesday, July 26, in Davao City. The ?restriction is in accordance with the Anti Distracted Driving Law. Jeepney drivers and commuters complain that the rule has caused confusion among passengers, who find it more difficult in determining which ride to take. (Paulo C. Rizal/ davaotoday.com)

Transport group opposes PUV fare hike proposal

A transport group in Northern Mindanao has called on government anew to scrap the oil deregulation law instead of increasing the public utility vehicle (PUV) fares.

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Read more about the article Reds can negotiate with another President – Duterte
President Rodrigo Duterte departs for his official visit to the countries in the Middle East on Monday, April 10 from the Francisco Bangoy International Airport in Davao City. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Reds can negotiate with another President – Duterte

President Rodrigo Duterte said it would take another president to seal a peace accord with the communists.

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Read more about the article Lawmakers tell DepEd: Do not rely on military’s ‘red-tagging’ of Lumad school in South Cotabato
ACT Teachers Representatives Antonio Tinio and France Castro (Contributed photo)

Lawmakers tell DepEd: Do not rely on military’s ‘red-tagging’ of Lumad school in South Cotabato

Militant lawmakers criticized the action of an army unit in South Cotabato ?in tagging as “revolutionary school" a tribal school in Sitio Lamnu, Barangay Lam Afus, Banga.

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Read more about the article NUPL to Duterte: silencing the Ombudsman means tyranny
President Rodrigo Duterte (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

NUPL to Duterte: silencing the Ombudsman means tyranny

The move of President Rodrigo Duterte to silence the Office of the Ombudsman and the Integrated Bar of the Philippines did not sit well with the National Union of People's Lawyers, describing such as a sign of the President’s “tyrannical tendencies.”

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