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Presidential Peace Adviser Jesus Dureza speaks with former Cotabato mayor and a Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) leader Muslimin Sema about a possible merger between the MNLF and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) during their meeting at the Apo View Hotel in Davao City on Tuesday, August 9, 2016. (Karl Norman Alonzo/PPD)

GPH, MILF panels meet in Davao for strategic workshop

The negotiating panels of both the government (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front are h?o?ld?ing? a strategic workshop here to understand the processes needed to pass a law to replace the Bangsamoro Basic Law.

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Read more about the article Forum on West PH Sea tribunal ruling set in Davao
Atty. Cecilia Jover-Angeles of the Ateneo de Davao University College of Law said that while the College of Law currently has no official stand on the matter of the tribunal ruling on the West Philippine Sea issue, they consider it a momentous victory for a small country like the Philippines against a military superpower like China. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Forum on West PH Sea tribunal ruling set in Davao

?Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio is slated to discuss the various issues surrounding the ruling of the international arbitration tribunal favoring the Philippines regarding the West Philippine Sea dispute against the People's Republic of China.

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Read more about the article Group proposes 5 PH federal states 
??The members of the ?group presented a map during Monday's Kapehan sa Dabaw press briefing, August 29, showing the proposed divisions of a federal Philippines. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Group proposes 5 PH federal states 

A group of advocates for federalism proposed to have five federal states or regions in the country.

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Read more about the article Duterte told critics: HR ‘scare’ tactic won’t work
President Rodrigo Duterte (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com file photo)

Duterte told critics: HR ‘scare’ tactic won’t work

President Rodrigo Duterte has reiterated his relentless fight against drugs in his various speeches at different occassions on Monday, August 29 and told his critics not to “scare" him about human rights.

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