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THE STATE OF THE NATION. As President Aquino delivers his third Sona, a poor couple watches the marching activists along Davao City’s Ponciano Street on Monday. While PNoy claims economic improvement, poverty has worsened according to progressive groups. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)

Progressives slam lack of gov’t aid for the poor

More than a year since the onset of COVID-19 in the country, the urban poor in Davao City continue to be hit the hardest, said Bayan Muna Davao Coordinator Rauf Sissay.

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Read more about the article Gov’t freezes UCCP Haran deposit for ‘terrorism financing’
(From left to right)UCCP SEMJA Bishop Hamuel Tequis, UCCP MLJA Bishop Emergencio Padillo,NCCP General Secretary Bishop Norman Marigza, UCCP General Secretary Bishop Melzar Labuntog, Salugpongan leaders Datu Tungig Mansimuy-at and Datu Guinom Andil during a press conference at the UCCP Haran Center on Thursday, January 30. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)

Gov’t freezes UCCP Haran deposit for ‘terrorism financing’

The United Church of Christ of the Philippines Southeast Mindanao Haran Center, which houses the displaced Lumad families from Talaingod and Kapalong, is dismayed by the freezing of its bank deposit by the Anti-Money Laundering Council.

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Read more about the article Groups in Cagayan de Oro urge Duterte to run for VP in 2022

Groups in Cagayan de Oro urge Duterte to run for VP in 2022

Echoing on the call of the political party PDP-Laban and other groups in the capital that have urged President Rodrigo Duterte to seek election for Vice President in the National elections next year, a group gathered here to express their support for the move.

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Read more about the article Hopes up for Bangsamoro interim extension until 2025
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Hopes up for Bangsamoro interim extension until 2025

Hopes are high for Congress to approve the extension of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) until 2025 for it to have some leeway to respond to the exacerbating problems resulting from COVID-19 and establish institutions for self-governance in the Bangsamoro region.

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