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Youth and students slam systematic attacks on media
Photo by Fred Dabu/Bulatlat MANILA — On Feb. 14, youth and students together with media practitioners trooped to the College of Mass Communication in University of the Philippines in Diliman denouncing the recent attack against press freedom. Photo by Fred Dabu/Bulatlat Photo by Fred Dabu/Bulatlat This is after the arrest of Rappler chief executive officer,…
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FIRST PERSON | Thoughts on the occasion of Valentine’s Day and One Billion Rising
Ferdinand Castillo and wife Nona Andaya-Castillo share a great love for the country. (Photo courtesy of the family) On these occasions, I find it fitting to pay tribute to my wife, Nona, all the wives of political prisoners in our country and the women who will participate in One Billion Rising, a global movement against…
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Journos raise alarm over anonymous drug lists
Photo from Kodao Productions website. By Kodao Productions BACOLOD CITY – The media community in Negros Occidental is up in arms following the circulation since late last week of at least three lists of purported “drug protectors” that included at least 15 of their colleagues. The journalists said they are worried that the circulation of…
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Nakaambang pagsabog ng krisis sa ilalim ni Duterte
Download Usapang IBON Yearend 2018 primer here Bumabagal at humihina ang ekonomiyang Pilipino sa likod ng paggiit ng administrasyong Duterte ng pagsigla nito. Nagkukumahog ang economic team ng rehimen na mabawi ang dating momentum ng ekonomiya. Walang-habas ang paggastos ngayon sa imprastruktura pero maging ito ay tila kapos din upang mapigilan ang pag-atras ng ekonomiya….
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Why the rush? Family of peace advocate Casambre asks CIDG on premature fly-out to Davao
Rey Claro Casambre, Peace consultant and Executive Director of the Philippine Peace Center, presented his counter affidavit to the RTC at the Bacoor Hall of Justice, Feb. 13. (Photo by Mon Ramirez/Arkibong Bayan) “We wonder what the rush is all about. Of course they may cite court orders and logistics. But really, whisking away from…
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Measles Epidemic: The Real Cause of Deaths
The concomitant and worsening assaults (including extrajudicial killings) on fundamental human rights have subjected marginalized people to extreme physical, biological, psychological and social stress and have repeatedly been forced to be displaced from their land, homes, crops and other means of survival. Under these circumstances, infectious disease epidemics, like measles, and other serious health problems…
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Fuel prices cheaper than in 2018 if not for TRAIN
Research group IBON said that the fuel prices would be cheaper now than in 2018 without the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law. The group said that TRAIN’s additional excise taxes have prevented Filipinos from feeling the benefits of lower global oil prices. Filipinos face even higher prices with the implementation of the…
