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Philippine election: What does a Marcos Jnr presidency mean for Asean and democracy in the region?
Maria Siow and Dewey Sim in Singapore Published: May, 2022 Eyes will be on whether his administration follows Duterte’s pivot away from the US in favour of China, and his approach to the South China Sea dispute, analysts say Marcos Jnr’s victory also contributes to ‘regional democratic regression’, observers say, not least due to his refusal to…
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Mis. Or. LGU opposes IDP-built structures at the Provincial Capitol grounds
Evacuees who are currently staying at the Misamis Oriental Provincial Capitol grounds have built temporary shelters Monday as the provincial government has threatened to demolish them.
Divert, repress, repeat
Editorial, Philippine Daily Inquirer / January 22, 2021 Why did Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana suddenly and unilaterally terminate the 31-year agreement between the University of the Philippines and the Department of National Defense that bars police and military forces from entering the state university without first notifying its officials? The accord, signed in 1989 between…
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3 Koreans charged for importation of trash
Three South Korean national are facing charges for the importation of several tons of garbage at a local port here last year, said the Bureau of Customs (BOC) Region 10.
State forces tighten noose on human rights workers and indigenous communities
On July 28, 2018, a 23-member fact finding mission composed of human rights workers from Karapatan Southern Tagalog were on their way to Atimonan, Quezon aboard a jeepney when they were fired at by men on-board a motorcycle. The mission team members were set to investigate reports of rights violations due to militarization in Atimonan,…
Bulatlat.com | Features | Nation | NewsRights group lauds Iceland’s resolution on PH rights situation
“It is a big step in stride with other parallel measures and contemporaneous efforts that merits the full support of an intergovernmental body that is mandated to ensure the promotion, protection and respect for human rights at the global level.” By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – Human rights group Karapatan welcomes the draft…