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Read more about the article Give Marawi IDP cash to rebuild their homes, solon says
Thousands of Meranaw residents in Marawi City stage a symbolic protest to condemn the slow-paced government rehabilitation of their homes ravaged by war on Friday, March 30, 2018. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)

Give Marawi IDP cash to rebuild their homes, solon says

Calling it as an insult to the Maranao people, the youth group League of Filipino Students (LFS) has condemned the “Kambisita” program aimed at allowing the civilians to briefly visit their communities in the war-ravaged Marawi City.

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Read more about the article ‘Counterproductive, useless’: Mayor Sara on GRP-NDFP peace talks
Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio (Robby Joy D. Salveron / davaotoday.com)

‘Counterproductive, useless’: Mayor Sara on GRP-NDFP peace talks

Presidential daughter and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio asked her father, President Rodrigo Duterte, to reconsider his decision to resume the peace negotiations between the government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP).

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Read more about the article Human rights abuses continue unabated in Northern Mindanao, group says
Datu Jomorito Goaynon (left) tells reporters during a press conference Monday that their fact-finding team was able to record various forms of abuses allegedly perpetrated by some members of the state forces in Northern Mindanao. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

Human rights abuses continue unabated in Northern Mindanao, group says

Cases of abuses against civilians allegedly perpetrated by state security forces continue to pile up in parts of Northern Mindanao as martial rule is still in effect in Mindanao, a report of a fact-finding body revealed Monday.

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Read more about the article Mindanao peace advocates, church leaders welcome resumption of talks
PEACE ADVOCATES. Panel speakers during the Mindanao Peace Forum held at the Homitori Inn in Davao City on Wednesday, March 15 share light moments with the media and the participants who are mostly religious leaders. (From left to right) Fr. Rex Reyes, convener of the Philippine Ecumenical Peace Platform; Atty. Antonio Arellano, government peace panel member; Bishop Felixberto Calang, convener of the Sowing the Seeds of Peace Movement; Satur Ocampo, independent cooperator for the National Democratic Front of the Philippines peace panel; and Sr. Luz Mallo of the Sisters Association of Mindanao. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

Mindanao peace advocates, church leaders welcome resumption of talks

Church leaders and peace advocates welcomed the pronouncement of Pres. Rodrigo Duterte to resume the peace talks between the government and communists after months of uncertainties following its cancellation.

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Read more about the article Government to withdraw terror tag but…
Six platoons of the 1st Pulang Bagani Company performs a tactical inspection during the 48th anniversary celebration of the Communist Party of the Philippines in Barangay Lumiad, Paquibato district in Davao City on Monday morning, Dec. 26, 2016. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

Government to withdraw terror tag but…

The government is open to withdraw the petition to declare the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed wing, New People's Army (NPA), as terrorist groups once it forges a final peace agreement with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said Thursday.

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