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GUN SALUTE. Members of the New People’s Army offer a gun salute while singing the Internationale Wednesday during the closing of the 44th anniversary celebration of the re-establishment of the Communist Party of the Philippines somewhere in Compostela Valley province. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)

Ka Oris: NPA on active defense mode  

The National Operational Command of the New People’s Army has ordered all units and commands of the NPA to stay in “active defense mode” as it welcomes the declaration of the unilateral ceasefire by President Rodrigo Duterte during his State of the Nation Address on Monday, July 25.

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Read more about the article Activists, Duterte talk about Lumad issue in post-Sona meeting
Militant groups meet with President Rodrigo Roa Duterte for a dialogue after delivering his first State of the Nation Address at the House of Representatives in Quezon City on July 25, 2016. KING RODRIGUEZ/PPD

Activists, Duterte talk about Lumad issue in post-Sona meeting

Leaders of progressive groups from Mindanao said they talked with President Rodrigo Duterte about the agenda of the Lumads in Mindanao in a meeting the President called for them after he gave his first State of the Nation Address on Monday, July 25.

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Read more about the article Mayor Sara Duterte to focus on poverty, health, education
City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio during her oath taking. (davaotoday.com file photo)

Mayor Sara Duterte to focus on poverty, health, education

Duterte's 10 priorities are poverty alleviation, infrastructure development, solid waste management, health, education, agriculture, tourism, transportation planning and traffic management, peace and order, and disaster risk reduction and mitigation.

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Read more about the article Traffic group to tow illegally parked vehicles
TRAFFIC CONGESTION. City Transport and Traffic Management Office head Rhodelio Poliquit says they are proposing the city to buy four towing cars to aid in decongesting the roads in the city that has been used as parking areas by some car owners. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

Traffic group to tow illegally parked vehicles

The City Transport and Traffic Management Office warned motorists that authorities will now tow vehicles parked along major streets.

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Read more about the article Duterte declares unilateral ceasefire with ?Reds, NDF welcomes move
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

Duterte declares unilateral ceasefire with ?Reds, NDF welcomes move

President Rodrigo Duterte has declared a unilateral ceasefire with the Communist Party of the Philippines in a bid to provide an environment suitable for the resumption of peace talks.

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