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Alaala ng Isang Magsasaka sa Negros
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Children rights groups urge electoral candidates to address Filipino children’s needs
Children rights advocacy group urges those running for public office to look into pressing concerns affecting the children (Photo courtesy of Salinlahi) Approximately 4 million Filipino children are out of school while a staggering 2.1 million children are employed in informal or manual work to contribute to their family’s low income. By ALYSSA MAE CLARIN…
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Tokhang in Negros
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40 Years of Research for the People
For over forty years, IBON has sought to explain socioeconomic and political issues to the public as our contribution to Philippine democracy and the cause of genuine progress and development. We have always been transparent about our bias for the majority of Filipinos who are persistently marginalized and about our opposition to unjust and inequitable…
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Why Filipino activists are opposed to NATO and US militarism
Greetings of solidarity from the Philippines, a former colony of the United States. But more importantly, a nation which resisted colonizers and ousted dictators through revolution and people power uprisings. Today, [14] farmers were killed in a joint police-military operation in Negros, an island province in the Philippines Martial law is still enforced in the…
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DDoS at ang oras ng pagtutuos
Internet traffic, bandwidth, online user, DDoS, VPN, IP address, server logs at kung ano-ano pa. Masyadong teknikal ang mga termino kaya mahirap maintindihan ng ordinaryong tao. Paano ba ipapaliwanag ang pinagdaraanan ng ilang website ng alternatibong midya? At higit sa lahat, paano ba iuugnay ito sa kalayaan sa pamamahayag? Noong nakaraang taon, nakaranas ang mga…
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From Negros to the Academe and back
When the Spaniards came to Buglas in April 1565, they saw dark-skinned natives and ironically cut them off from the act of naming one’s land after one’s labor. Buglas in Hiligaynon is precisely the act of cutting off. The Spanish conquerors, needy and exploitative as they were, re-named the land Negros to naturalize a violent…
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Dugo sa bukangliwayway
Pinakawalan ni Haring Sauron ang higit isandaan sa pinakamakamandag-pinakawalang puso’t kaluluwa niyang sahurang mamamatay tuwing kinsenas-katapusan sa payak-pobreng lupain ng mga magsasaka ng Canlaon, Manjuyod at Santa Catalina habang ang buong mundo’y tahimik na inuugoy sa kama na yari sa hinabing hibla at tinik ng makahiya; at habang hinihilom ng mapagkalingang panaginip ang pagod-payat-banat-sunog sa…
