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President Rodrigo R. Duterte announces that there will be a revamp in the People's Television 4 (PTV) and the Radyo ng Bayan during his first first State of the Nation Address at the Batasang Pambansa in Quezon City on Monday, July 25, 2016 that he will lower the income tax. ACE MORANDANTE/PPD

NDF says declaration of general amnesty for political prisoners to push peace talks

National Democratic Front peace panel chairman Luis Jalandoni said they are hoping that there will be concrete steps undertaken to come up with the proclamation.

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Read more about the article Duterte ‘no hand’ in Davao’s most child friendly city award – CSSDO     
COLLECTIVE EFFORT. ?? On September 26, Davao City was given the Presidential award for the fifth time since 1998 as the Most Child-friendly City, but ?Maria Luisa Bermudo, chief of the City Social Service and Development Office says that the award was a product of the efforts of the city's various departments, civil society organizations, people's organizations, and barangay councils.(Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Duterte ‘no hand’ in Davao’s most child friendly city award – CSSDO  

The City Social Services and Development Office (CSSDO) insisted that former Davao City mayor and now President Rodrigo Duterte was not the reason why the city bagged the Most Child-friendly City award this year.

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Read more about the article FAREWELL MIRIAM: Pols bid goodbye to Asia’s ‘Iron Lady’ 
Presidential aspirant Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago said she is “hurt” with the survey results which showed her as lagging behind other candidates despite a strong endorsement by young voters. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

FAREWELL MIRIAM: Pols bid goodbye to Asia’s ‘Iron Lady’ 

Philippine politicians remembered former Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago as the “Iron Lady” and one of the brightest senators in the country.

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Read more about the article DCPO chief gives go signal to 8 DDS-linked cops to testify
Sr. Supt. Michael John Dubria (Maria Patricia C. Borromeo/davaotoday.com)

DCPO chief gives go signal to 8 DDS-linked cops to testify

The head official of the Davao City Police Office said they will allow police personnel tagged in extra judicial killings inquiry to testify against senate witness Edgar Matobato, a self-confessed hitman of the Davao Death Squad.

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Read more about the article Radical policy shift needed for national industrialization – NDF peace consultants
NDFP PEACE CONSULTANTS. National Democratic Front peace consultants discuss the contentious issues of the socio-economic reforms during a media forum at the NDF Monitoring Office in Cubao, Quezon City on September 23. From left: Kennedy Bangibang, Adel Silva, Ruben Saluta, Alan Jazmines, Loida Magpatoc, Prof. Ed Villegas, Renato Baleros and Jaime Soledad. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

Radical policy shift needed for national industrialization – NDF peace consultants

Peace consultants of the National Democratic Front said there is a need to reverse government policies to enact national industrialization, one of the issues of the comprehensive agreement on socioeconomic reform agenda that will be tackled by both the government and the NDF in the second round of talks next week.

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