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CALIBRATION. A personnel from the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board ?R??egion 11 repairs a broken taxi meter before it is calibrated with the new taxi fare rate, Friday, January 26, at the old airport in Sasa, Davao City. LTFRB is eyeing to recalibrate around 5,500 taxis in the city by February 2018. (Robby Joy D. Salveron / davaotoday.com)

CALIBRATION

A personnel from the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board ?R??egion 11 repairs a broken taxi meter before it is calibrated with the new taxi fare rate, Friday, January 26, at the old airport in Sasa, Davao City. LTFRB is eyeing to recalibrate around 5,500 taxis in the city by February 2018. (Robby Joy D. Salveron / davaotoday.com)

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Read more about the article ‘SAVE OUR JEEPNEYS’
'SAVE OUR JEEPNEYS'. T?he t?ransport group Transmission Piston holds a protest ?on ?Wednesday, January 24,? in front of the Land Transportation Office-11 (LTO) to oppose the public utility vehicle (PUV) modernization program and Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law?. (Robby Joy D. Salveron / davaotoday.com)

‘SAVE OUR JEEPNEYS’

'SAVE OUR JEEPNEYS'. T?he t?ransport group Transmission Piston holds a protest ?on ?Wednesday, January 24,? in front of the Land Transportation Office-11 (LTO) to oppose the public utility vehicle (PUV) modernization program and Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law?. (Robby Joy D. Salveron / davaotoday.com)

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FARMERS' PLIGHT. Peasant organization, Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) Southern Mindanao rally infront of the Department of Agrarian Reform office in Tagum City on January 22, 2017. They call for justice for all farmer activists killed under the Duterte administration in time for the 31st anniversary of Mendiola massacre. (Bags Castillo / Kilab Multimedia)

FARMERS’ PLIGHT

Peasant organization, Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) Southern Mindanao rally infront of the Department of Agrarian Reform office in Tagum City on January 22, 2017. They call for justice for all farmer activists killed under the Duterte administration in time for the 31st anniversary of Mendiola massacre. (Bags Castillo / Kilab Multimedia)

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LUMAD STUDENT. A Lumad student studies her lesson inside a makeshift tent in UCCP Haran evacuation center on Thursday, January 18. ?More than? 70 students are ?still holding their classes in the evacuation center since they fled home in 2015 ?to avoid alleged harassment from ?soldiers. (Photo courtesy of Kath Cortez)

LUMAD STUDENT

A Lumad student studies her lesson inside a makeshift tent in UCCP Haran evacuation center on Thursday, January 18. ?More than? 70 students are ?still holding their classes in the evacuation center since they fled home in 2015 ?to avoid alleged harassment from ?soldiers. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)

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CONSUMER. A woman carrying groceries walks by protesters condemning the implementation of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) Law in Bankerohan public market in Davao City on Wednesday, January 17. The TRAIN Law is expected to reduce the income taxes of employed Filipinos enabling them to receive higher take-home pay. But the law is feared to affect low-income families as increased excise tax on goods pulls up prices of basic commodities. (Kenneth Paul P. Senarillos / davaotoday.com)

CONSUMER

A woman carrying groceries walks ?past ?protesters ?in Bankerohan Public Market on January 17. Protesters condemn the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) Law The TRAIN Law reduces the income taxes of employed Filipinos enabling them to receive higher take-home pay but critics say the law is feared to increases excise taxes that soars up prices of basic commodities. (Kenneth Paul P. Senarillos / davaotoday.com)

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