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Read more about the article Stray bullet kills CSC regional exec in Marawi
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Stray bullet kills CSC regional exec in Marawi

The assistant director of the Civil Service Commission – Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao died when he was hit ?by a stray bullet on Thursday, Sept. 7 while at the gate of the main campus of Mindanao State University in Marawi City.

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Read more about the article KMP sees Malacañang hands in Mariano’s rejection
IN HIGH SPIRIT. Former DAR chief Rafael Mariano is in high spirit as he goes out of the premises of the Senate on Wednesday, Sept. 6. The Commission on Appointment rejected his confirmation. Mariano goes straight to the hundreds of peasant leaders and members who were conducting a rally alongside the hearing at the Senate. (Alex D. Lopez/davaotoday.com)

KMP sees Malacañang hands in Mariano’s rejection

The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas pointed at President Rodrigo Duterte as behind the rejection of the appointment of Rafael Mariano as secretary of the Department of Agrarian Reform.

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Read more about the article ML ‘powers up’ killings of Lumad, Moro people in Mindanao
LIFT MARTIAL LAW. Lumad and Moro groups from various parts of the country joining this year’s Lakbayan of National Minorities are calling the administration of President Duterte to lift the imposition of martial law in Mindanao. (Alex D. Lopez/davaotoday.com)

ML ‘powers up’ killings of Lumad, Moro people in Mindanao

?Farmer leaders from various parts of the country ?who are ?joining this year’s Lakbayan of National Minorities have expressed concern over the cases of extrajudicial killings that victimized their leaders and L?umad members in Mindanao.

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Read more about the article DOJ official: Prosecutors must not? ?tarry with cases
Senior Deputy State Prosecutor Richard Anthony Fadullon, chief of the National Prosecution Service’s Special Cases Division of the Department of Justice, answers queries from reporters at the sidelines of the dialogue between police and prosecutors in Northern Mindanao held in a hotel recently. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

DOJ official: Prosecutors must not? ?tarry with cases

To ensure the conviction of criminal offenders, prosecutors must no longer be “passive” but must be resourceful in gathering additional evidence other than what the law enforcers give them, a Department of Justice (DOJ) official said.

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