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Davao farmers join national day of protest for genuine agrarian reform
DAVAO CITY,Philippines – Farmers from various organizations in Southern Mindanao staged a protest in front of the office of Department…
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Datu Reynaldo Ayuma condemns what he calls as “development aggression” in their community in a protest action in July 2018. (Photo by Ima Ariate) Kalumbay described Datu Reynaldo Ayuma as being “consistently at the forefront of the struggle of the Camansi evacuees against development aggression of their ancestral domain.” By EMILY VITAL Bulatlat.com MANILA —…
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Baby separated from mother after court rejects appeal
Baby River with her grandmother. (Photo from Kapatid Facebook page.) “Amid the pandemic and the modified enhanced community quarantine, authorities are pushing for the heartless and inhuman act of separating a baby from her only source of nutrition and protection at this early stage of her life.” By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA –…
Militarization in Philippines has ‘damaging effects’ on civic space, democratic freedoms — think tank
Franco Luna (Philstar.com) – July 4, 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Academics cast fear over what they said was the blow to human rights caused by the “explosive cocktail” of the global drive to counter-terrorism coupled with the Philippine government’s “autocratic instincts and violent tendencies.” In its paper entitled “An explosive cocktail: Counter-terrorism, militarisation, and authoritarianism…
