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Read more about the article More than 150 OFWs under Saudi’s amnesty to arrive in PHL with Duterte
Supporters of President Rodrigo Duterte wave Philippine flaglets upon the President's arrival at the Marriot Hotel for the meeting with the Filipino Community based in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on April 12, 2017. (Robinson Ninal Jr./Presidential Photo)

More than 150 OFWs under Saudi’s amnesty to arrive in PHL with Duterte

President Rodrigo Duterte is returning to the Philippines on Monday together with more than 150 distressed overseas Filipino workers who were granted amnesty by the Saudi government.

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Read more about the article Farmers demand to certify free land distribution measure as urgent
Madaum agrarian reform beneficiaries cut down the remaining banana trees owned by Lapanday Foods Corporation after they reclaimed their land on Friday, Dec. 9 in Barangay Madaum, Tagum City. An estimate of 10 hectares of land were denuded already since the ARBs began cutting down the banana trees on Tuesday. (Earl O. Condeza/davaotoday.com)

Farmers demand to certify free land distribution measure as urgent

As peace talks between the government and the communists will focus on free land distribution, a militant farmers group urged Congress to pass a new agrarian reform law.

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Read more about the article CASER is feasible—Legarda
The peace panels of the government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines sign the ground rules for conduct of the meeting of the reciprocal working committee on social and economic reforms during the third round of talks in Rome, Italy on January 2017. (davaotoday.com file photo)

CASER is feasible—Legarda

A Philippine senator said the social reform agenda being proposed by the National Democratic Front of the Philippines is feasible and could be funded by the national budget.

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Read more about the article NPA foils military attack in Holy Week encounter
OPENING CEREMONY. Before the program proper for the release of the POWs, the NPAs line up for the singing of the Internationale. (Earl O. Condeza/davaotoday.com)

NPA foils military attack in Holy Week encounter

The New People’s Army said it thwarted military operations launched by the Philippine Army in Marihatag and San Agustin, Surigao del Sur since April 5 until April 10.

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