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SNAP ELECTION. Workers from Davao City and Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur rode on a truck owned by the Aboitiz who supported then President Corazon Aquino. The rallyists gathered in Magsaysay Park, Davao City in support of the candidacy of Aquino and vice presidentiable Doy Laurel in 1986. (FILE PHOTO/davaotoday.com)

‘Pasa bilis’: How they overthrew a regime before Facebook era

Among the crowd of human rights advocates who founded a new group to oppose what they described as a brewing tyranny of President Rodrigo Duterte was 67-year-old Ogie.*

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Read more about the article Sara Duterte tells Bato: don’t take our cops away
Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio and PNP chief Ronald Dela Rosa (davaotoday.com)

Sara Duterte tells Bato: don’t take our cops away

Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte warned against the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) plan to reassign some 1,000 police officers to replace their relieved counterparts in Caloocan City.

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Read more about the article Colmenares says Martial Law will only exacerbate PH problem
Neri Colmenares, chairman of Makabayan Coalition, says President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs violates the right to due process. In this photo, Colmenares delivers his keynote speech during the launching of the Movement Against Tyranny on Monday, September 18 at the Davao Central United Methodist Learning Center. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)

Colmenares says Martial Law will only exacerbate PH problem

A former partylist lawmaker warned President Rodrigo Duterte not to toy with the idea of declaring Martial Law nationwide.

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Read more about the article IP, Moro group charges Duterte for CARHRIHL violations
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IP, Moro group charges Duterte for CARHRIHL violations

A group of national minorities filed cases against the Armed Forces of the Philippines and President Rodrigo Duterte for allegedly violating provisions under the Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law (CARHRIHL).

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