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Read more about the article Lawmakers, activists wary of more HR violations under extended Martial Law in Mindanao
NO TO MARTIAL LAW. Progressive groups in Davao City hold a protest along Roxas Avenue to condemn the extension of martial law in Mindanao for one more year. In a joint session on Wednesday, December 13, the Congress approved the request of the Palace to extend the implementation of martial law until December 31, 2018. (Robby Joy D. Salveron/ davaotoday.com)

Lawmakers, activists wary of more HR violations under extended Martial Law in Mindanao

Critics of Martial Law are wary of a “full-blown” dictatorship under President Rodrigo Duterte after the Lower House and the Senate approved the extension of Martial Law in the whole island of Mindanao until December 31, 2018.

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Read more about the article Court junks cases against teacher ‘mistaken’ as NPA rebel
Lumad school teacher Amelia Pond has long maintained her innocence, and said that the arrest was a case of mistaken identity. (Photo courtesy of Save Our Schools Network)

Court junks cases against teacher ‘mistaken’ as NPA rebel

Separate affidavits of desistance of the complainants indicate that Pond “was not present during the shooting incident.”

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