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By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN Davao Today “It violates our constitutional right to freedom of speech.  The muzzling of public grievances and dissenting opinion is illegal under article 3 of the 1987 Constitution.  It is unlawful. It is unjust.  They stall us on the much needed reproductive health bill and freedom of information act and they railroad this down our throats?  Not only is it immoral, it is also stupid.” -- Pinoy rocker Nathan Peter Azarcon, Hijo frontman

By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA Davao Today Lyn-lyn Genita said her family was “traumatized” when five heavily armed military men stormed their house last September 21 in Barangay Pandaitan, Paquibato District.   The incident affected her daughter-in-law, who had just given birth to the point of bleeding, so much so that she is now admitted at the city’s Southern Philippines Medical Center.

By DANILDA L. FUSILERO Davao Today “They are making us politicians when in fact their selection process has only disintegrated the indigenous peoples,” -- Bai Norma Capuyan, Apo Sandawa Lumadnong Panaghiusa sa Cotabato

By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN Davao Today As early as 8 AM Monday, first congressional district representative Karlo Nograles arrived at the Comelec office, making him the earliest in the city to file his CoC to run for next year’s midterm elections. 

By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN Davao Today Leoncio Evasco, current mayor of Maribojoc Municipality in Bohol and one of Hugpong’s founding members, said the event is “historical” as it’s the first-ever gathering of Hugpong as a political party, now under the Duterte triumvirate.  The convention was attended by about 3,000 members.