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Read more about the article Groups to Duterte: US stands to gain in bomb threats
NO TO US INTERVENTION. “Access arrangement” with foreign troops is contrary to national sovereignty, national interest and the Constitution. This was how members of the militant Bagong Alyansang Makabayan viewed the plan of the Aquino government as they protest Thursday in Davao City. They slammed the plan of allowing US troops to make the country a temporary, worse permanent, base for the war on aggression through the “one-sided” Visiting Forces Agreement. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)

Groups to Duterte: US stands to gain in bomb threats

Radio commentator Dodong Solis said this is the first time the mayor “mellowed down” from his tough position against US intervention because of the American government’s “arm twisting to get what they want.”

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Read more about the article Marcos’ corruption and abuses alive 41 years later
Anti-pork rally along the national highway of Tagum City. (davaotoday.com photo by Mart D. Sambalud)

Marcos’ corruption and abuses alive 41 years later

by DANILDA L. FUSILERO, MART D. SAMBALUD, and TYRONE A. VELEZ Davao Today From cronies to political dynasties, nothing has changed much as to their misuse and abuse of the…

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Read more about the article Partylist asks Congress to probe entry of MNLF in Zamboanga City

Partylist asks Congress to probe entry of MNLF in Zamboanga City

In House Resolution 302, Bayan Muna asked the committee on peace, reconciliation and unity to investigate whether or not the government terminated the tripartite review of the 1996 Final Peace Agreement with the MNLF, which claimed that this provoked their members to march into Zamboanga City on September 9.

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