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4 soldiers killed after NPAs seized firearms, raided military camp in Bukidnon
DAVAO CITY, Philippines — Four soldiers were killed after communist rebels in Bukidnon successfully took over a paramilitary camp of the Army’s 1st Special Forces Civilian Active Auxiliary Patrol Base located in Green Valley, Barangay Dalwangan, Malaybalay City on Thursday, February 14. Ka Malem Mabini, spokesperson of the New People’s Army in Northern Mindanao, said…
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Mission finds ‘patterns of state-sanctioned violence’ against Filipino lawyers
Foreign lawyers underscore the pattern of “state-sanctioned” violence against Filipino lawyers in a press conference, March 18 at the IBP Building. (Photo by Alyssa Mae Clarin / Bulatlat) “The more serious the crime, the less serious the investigation.” By ALYSSA MAE CLARIN Bulatlat.com MANILA — An international fact-finding mission composed of nine lawyers from different…
Double taxes on oil show govt’s lack of concern for poor – IBON
Slapping additional taxes on oil products makes the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law anti-poor, research group IBON said. Contrary to the argument that the new law is ‘fair’, the group said that these oil taxes should be scrapped for the benefit of millions of Filipinos who will otherwise continue to suffer the…
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Philippine media as a casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic
Photo by Carlo Manalansan/Bulatlat The shutdown of ABS-CBN is the biggest attack, so far, on the Philippine media since the pandemic. By ALYSSA MAE CLARIN Bulatlat.com MANILA– Two days after the Word Press Freedom Day, the Duterte administration shut down ABS-CBN, the largest broadcasting company in the Philippines. The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) issued a…
