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Evils, old and new
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Kin of political prisoners urge SC to act on urgent plea
Marites Asis, mother of 23-year-old Reina Mae Nasino also asked the SC to release her daughter who recently gave birth last July 1. (Photo courtesy of Kapatid) “Yet we are still waiting for the Court to deliver what the Chief Justice vowed. One of the petitioners has already given birth and like what we’ve feared,…
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Extend Preparation through a 6-month Bridge Period, and Postpone School Opening to January 2021
In less than two months, School Year 2020-2021 shall commence despite the rising cases of COVID-19. With no clear indication yet that all systems are in place, public and private schools across the country are in varying stages of preparation for the “new normal” of education. As educators, we know the difficulties of implementing changes…
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Groups urge SC to nullify anti-terror law
The Makabayan Coalition at the Supreme Court for the filing of petition against Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020. (Photo from the Koalisyong Makabayan Facebook page) “Given the vast and greater powers bestowed under the law, it will have a wide-ranging effects of violating existing constitutionally-guaranteed rights of our people, thus, the issuance of a ?shield against injustice,…
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International community urged to continue monitoring human rights in PH
Civil society organizations in the Philippines urged international community to monitor human rights situation in the country. They appealed to the member-States of the United Nations Human Rights Council to adopt and endorse High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet’s report, including recommendations for continuous monitoring and independent and impartial investigation of the human rights…
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‘Deeper in debt but shallow in COVID-19 response, aid to the poor’
(BULATLAT FILE PHOTO) By GEELA GARCIA Despite these loans, government was only able to spend P98.3 billion for 17.5 million households as of June 27. According to independent think-tank Ibon Foundation, the subsidy amounts to just P53 per family or P12 per person per day for the past 106 days since the COVID-19 lockdown started….
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The ABS-CBN Shutdown and Democracy
COMMUNICATION academics, media advocacy groups, human rights defenders, journalists’ organizations, artists and other professionals, and even some congressmen and senators have condemned the shutdown of ABS-CBN. But national artist for literature F. Sionil Jose is among the very few writers who’re supporting the silencing of the network. The Philippine Center of PEN (Poets, Playwrights, Essayists,…
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