Groups demand AFP, PNP to drop “trumped-up charges” vs agriculturist

Davao City -  Non-government organizations  and religious leaders demanded the authorities Monday to “immediately and unconditionally release” their colleague who was presented to media last week as a captured “high-ranking…

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Read more about the article Davao joins Global Day of Action for Jennifer Laude
Women's group Gabriela lights candles to call for justice to slain Filipino transgender, Jennifer Laude. The group also calls for the abolition of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement and the Visiting Forces Agreement with the US military. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

Davao joins Global Day of Action for Jennifer Laude

Women and gay rights advocates in the city joined other multisectoral groups in the country to condemn the brutal killing of Filipina transgender Jeffrey “Jennifer” Laude in a Global Day of Action for Justice held Friday.

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Read more about the article Typhoon Pablo survivors lambast DSWD over spoiled relief goods for Albay evacuees
AGENCY STORMED. Typhoo Pablo (international name Bopha) victims stormed the Department of Social Welfare and Development Office one year after the agency "failed on its commitment" to distribute 10,000 sacks of rice as relief to them. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

Typhoon Pablo survivors lambast DSWD over spoiled relief goods for Albay evacuees

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has never learned from its past experiences, said the local leader of typhoon Pablo survivors in response to recent reports that spoiled relief goods have reached the evacuees in Albay, Bicol.

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