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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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Read more about the article DCPO denies testimony of former ‘DDS hitman’ 
Davao City Police Chief Michael John Dubria maintains that only drug suspects and criminals who resist arrest are in danger of being killed. Dubria said policemen must also defend themselves in their line of duty. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

DCPO denies testimony of former ‘DDS hitman’ 

The Davao City Police chief has belied the testimony of a witness who introduced himself as a former hitman of the alleged Davao Death Squad (DDS) linking President Rodrigo Duterte and several police officials to extrajudicial killings.

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Read more about the article Police files charges vs prime suspect in Davao blast
CASE FILED AGAINST SUSPECT IN DAVAO BLAST. Crime Investigation and Detection Group regional director Edilberto Leonardo supervises the filing of the criminal case against the principal suspect of the Davao blast at the Hall of Justice in Ecoland, late afternoon Wednesday, September 14. Authorities refused to reveal the identity of the suspects, saying that the case must be reviewed by the prosecutors first. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Police files charges vs prime suspect in Davao blast

Authorities investigating the Roxas night market blast said they now have nine suspects in the deadly bombing on September 2, but they were only able to file charges against one of the suspects on Wednesday afternoon, September 14 pending investigation on the other suspects.

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