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Read more about the article Sekkingstad: I’m very happy to be alive and free
Sekkingstad, 56, thanked President Duterte, Sec. Dureza, Moro National Liberation Front Chairman Nur Misuari, as well as the Philippine and the Norwegian governments for helping with his release. (Photo by Dick Hermoso/OPAPP peace panel member)

Sekkingstad: I’m very happy to be alive and free

After almost a year in captivity with terrorist group Abu Sayyaf, President Rodrigo Duterte received Norwegian hostage Kjartan Sekkingstad on Sunday, September 18.

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Read more about the article Duterte’s sister mulls charges vs Matobato
President Rodrigo Duterte's eldest sister, Eleanor, says she will file charges against Edgar Matobato, the witness during the Senate hearing who linked the President to the extrajudicial killings in Davao City when he was still a mayor. In an interview on Friday, September 16, Eleanor said the allegations against his brother are untrue. (Maria Patricia C. Borromeo/davaotoday.com)

Duterte’s sister mulls charges vs Matobato

Eleanor Roa Duterte elder sister of President Rodrigo Duterte said she would press charges against the alleged former Davao Death Squad (DDS) member Edgar Matobato who drag her sister Jocelyn Duterte and the President into the alleged DDS killings in the city .

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Read more about the article Davao activists commemorate 25th year of US bases rejection
JUNK VFA, EDCA. Activists led by the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan Southern Mindanao Region and the League of Filipino Students hold a protest action in San Pedro street, Davao City to urge President Rodrigo Duterte to pursue his plan of an independent foreign policy in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the Philippine Senate's rejection of the new treaty for the Subic Bay Naval Station and end to US military presence Friday,September 16. The groups called on Pres. Duterte to scrap the Visiting Forces Administration and the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Davao activists commemorate 25th year of US bases rejection

Activists here commemorated the 25th year since 12 Senators voted to reject the RP-US Bases treaty of 1991 by protesting ?alleged human rights violations committed by United States military and called for the termination of the agreements that allow the presence of American soldiers in Philippine territory?.

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Read more about the article Mayor Sara discourages wearing burqa, face masks in public
MUSLIM TEENS. A Muslim teener is busy texting while others read Quran's writing before the start of the Eid'l Fitr program at Tiongco Football Field in Davao City.

Mayor Sara discourages wearing burqa, face masks in public

Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte said she understands the sentiments of the Muslim women but she added that "the general welfare of the majority takes precedence over religious tradition."

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Read more about the article Court rules Nakashin dispute civil, orders barricade dispersal
NAKASHIN WORKER. Estella Mae L. Partoza, one of the 75 dismissed workers of the Japanese-owned company Nakashin Davao International holds the video recording of the dispersal of the protest camp that they have put up since April 25. The dispersal happened after the Regional Trial Court ruled the strike illegal and the dispute civil, not of labor, in nature. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Court rules Nakashin dispute civil, orders barricade dispersal

Police dismantled the barricades blocking the gates of the Nakashin Davao International's office in Malagamot here on Thursday, September 15 after the Regional Trial Court ruled that the protest of the striking workers illegal.

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