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Read more about the article PNP says number of crimes in Davao del Sur dropped
LOWER CRIME VOLUME. Police Senior Superintendent Samuel Gadingan, Davao del Sur provincial police director, says they have recorded a 21.74 percent drop in the total crime volume in Davao del Sur. During Wednesday’s AFP-PNP press briefing, Gadingan said the crime volume dropped from the recorded 230 in the second quarter (April to June) in 2016 to 180 of the same quarter in 2017.(Robby Joy D. Salveron/davaotoday.com)

PNP says number of crimes in Davao del Sur dropped

The over-all crime statistics in Davao del Sur had decreased compared to the 2016 data report, an official said.

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Read more about the article GRP cancels backchannel talks due to Arakan NPA attack
Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Secretary Jesus G. Dureza and GRP chief negotiator Silvestre Bello III during the fourth round of talks on April 6, 2017 at the Radisson Blu Palace Hotel in Noordwijk Aan Zee in the Netherlands. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

GRP cancels backchannel talks due to Arakan NPA attack

The fifth round of the formal talks, which was supposed to tackle the comprehensive agreement on social and economic reforms in August is again on the rocks.

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Read more about the article NPA to carry out offensives as martial law continues
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NPA to carry out offensives as martial law continues

The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) has called on its armed wing to continue its resistance against the imposition of the martial law to which they say would only prolong the restrictions against civil and political freedom in Mindanao.

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Read more about the article PSG men wounded in encounter with NPAs in NorCot
Arakan, Cotabato (davaotoday.com)

PSG men wounded in encounter with NPAs in NorCot

Four government troopers belonging to the Philippine Security Group were wounded in an encounter with more or less 50 armed men believed to be members of the New People’s Army in the boundaries of North Cotabato, Bukidnon and this city on Wednesday morning, July 1.

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