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President Rodrigo Roa Duterte during the 11th Founding Anniversary celebration of the Eastern Mindanao Command (EastMinCom) at the Naval Station Felix Apolinario in Panacan, Davao City on September 1, 2017. (JOEY DALUMPINES/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO)

Duterte cites tension in Maguindanao at height of Marawi ?crisis for extending ML

President Rodrigo Duterte bared a boiling tension in a Maguindanao town for opting to extend Martial Law than lifting it.

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Read more about the article Gov’t to pursue peace with communists despite cancelled talks
Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Secretary Jesus G. Dureza and GRP chief negotiator Silvestre Bello III during the fourth round of talks on April 6, 2017 at the Radisson Blu Palace Hotel in Noordwijk Aan Zee in the Netherlands. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

Gov’t to pursue peace with communists despite cancelled talks

The government is not bound to turn its back from its pursuit to peace in the south despite the collapsed negotiations with the Communist Part of the Philippines, a presidential adviser said.

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Read more about the article Women in uniform leading Marawi peace efforts
FEMALE TROOPERS. The all-female Joint AFP-PNP Civil Relations Teams arrive Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 29, at the Laguindingan Airport in Cagayan De Oro City. They will be deployed to different evacuation centers in Iligan City, Lanao del Norte and Lanao del Sur to lead a psycho-social intervention for the displaced families in Marawi City. (Divina M. Suson/davaotoday.com)

Women in uniform leading Marawi peace efforts

Clad in white hijabs, more than a hundred female officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) arrived at the Laguindingan Airport in Misamis Oriental on Tuesday, August 30, as part of the government's rehabilitation effort in the war-stricken Marawi.

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