Read more about the article Manilakbayan protesters want NCIP closed; NCIP says it is nothing new
NOTICE OF CLOSURE. Lumads from Mindanao call to close down the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples office in Quezon city for its "inaction" towards the Lumad issues in Mindanao. (Earl O. Condeza/davaotoday.com)

Manilakbayan protesters want NCIP closed; NCIP says it is nothing new

Lumads who marched from Mindanao and have converged here picketed at the national office of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples to demand its closure for alleged failure to solve Lumad killings in Mindanao.

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Banana plantation workers protest Sumifru’s refusal to bargain

Banana workers from different Sumifru packing plants in Compostela Valley stage a rally to support their colleagues in the company’s cold storage facility who mounted a protest over the fruit giant’s refusal to enter into a new collective bargaining agreement.

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Read more about the article Duterte gives drug pushers 48 hours to leave Davao
THIRD PARTY FACILITATOR. Mayor Rodrigo Duterte will claim the P25,000 from the New People's Army that has been taken from Loreto, Agusan del Sur Mayor Dario Otaza and his son Daryl who the NPA sentenced to death last October 19 in Butuan City. Duterte said he will possibly claim the money next week together with the two Army soldiers taken by the NPAs as Prisoners of War. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

Duterte gives drug pushers 48 hours to leave Davao

The clock is ticking for drug lords and drug pushers as Davao City Mayor Rodrigo warned that they only have 48 hours left to leave the city or else they will be killed.

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