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A day after attending their father's inauguration in Malacañang, Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte walks fast from his office at the City Council to attend a press conference here on Friday, July 1. He announced that City Mayor Sara Duterte is on leave until July 22. Duterte is accompanied by his security details who are members of the Presidential Security Group. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

Pulong to help Davao journo threatened with libel

DAVAO CITY, Philippines — Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte is coming to the aid of a local journalist who was threatened with libel suit by Senator Antonio Trillanes IV. In…

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Read more about the article Davao mounts own committee to talk with NPA
REVOLUTIONARIES. Members of revolutionary groups under the National Democratic Front of the Philippines wore masks of the late New People's Army commander in Davao City, Ka Parago to during a lightning rally along Crossing Elpidio Quirino Street, Davao City on Wednesday, March 29. The protest marked the 48th founding anniversary of the NPA, the Communist Party of the Philippines's armed wing. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Davao mounts own committee to talk with NPA

DAVAO CITY, Philippines – The local government here is forming a local committee that will be in charge of talking peace with the Communists. The Local Peace Committee or DC-PEACE…

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Read more about the article Minorities: Duterte absolving Marcos from crimes
MARCOS CRIMES. Jerome Succor Aba, co-chair of Sandugo says President Rodrigo Duterte is reviving the crimes that the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos committed against the Filipino people by placing Mindanao under martial law. In this photo, Aba speaks during a protest rally at the Libingan ng mga Bayani in Taguig City on Monday, September 11. (Alex D. Lopez/davaotoday.com)

Minorities: Duterte absolving Marcos from crimes

More than a thousand Lumad and Moro delegates to this year’s Lakbayan of National Minorities stormed the Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB) in Taguig City on Monday, September 11 to protest and condemn what they perceive as deliberate moves of the Duterte administration in glorifying the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr.

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Read more about the article When dreams are born in a time of war
It was never too late for more than 100 students of Khadijah Mohammad Islamic Academy in Marawi City to hold their graduation rites on Monday, September 11 in Iligan City. The school's graduation day was supposedly set on May 24, a day after the ISIS-inspired Maute group attacked Marawi City. (Divina M. Suson/davaotoday.com)

When dreams are born in a time of war

On May 24, Sittie Lainie Decampong Asum woke up early to prepare for her graduation day. The night before, she and her classmates had their final practice.

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Read more about the article Oscar Moreno: no qualms despite criminal charges
Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Oscar Moreno (right) talks to reporters during a press briefing on the Supreme Court ruling pertaining to the decision of the Court of Appeals on some of the criminal and administrative cases filed against him by several individuals, inside his office on Monday, Sept. 11. Looking on is the chief of his legal counsel, lawyer Dale Bryan Mordeno. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

Oscar Moreno: no qualms despite criminal charges

The city mayor here is optimistic that the series of criminal and administrative charges filed against him will not prosper and will be decided by the higher courts in his favor.

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