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Takot
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Kanlaon
Ni JHIO JAN A. NAVARRO Yanig at nginig ng isla’y hiwatig Ng hapis ng Kanlaon, ng muhi Na pinagningas ng pangangamkam Ng lupa’t labis na danak ng dugo. Kislap ng luhang nangingilid Ang andap sa tuktok Sa tuwinang ili-ili ay inaawit upang Aluin ang mga sanggol na sa dulo Ng kuwarenta y cinco’y pinagkaitan Ng…
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Kulong bilang tugon
Ni Sham Astudillo Bumuhos ang suporta sa mga inaresto sa Pride March sa Manila noong Hunyo 26. Nagtrend online ang #FreePride20 bilang panawagan na palayain ang LGBTQ advocates na lumahok sa mapayapang Pride March. Hindi ito ang unang pagkakataong may inaresto sa gitna ng pandemya. Mula Norzagaray 6 hanggang Pride 20, ginamit ng pulis ang…
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OPINION | COVID-19 Vaccine: Concerns and Alternatives
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” -Albert Einstein There seems to be a strong presumption that the ultimate answer to the COVID-19 pandemic is a vaccine. People are made to believe that a magical vaccine is in the offing and the world will be saved from…
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Jeepney drivers plea for aid, resumption of operations
BY REIN TARINAY Bulatlat.com MANILA— With palms wide open. This is how jeepney drivers reach for our fare, but the palms then used for reaching payment and giving back change are now being used to beg for alms. Thousands of jeepney drivers find it difficult to cope with the three-month lockdown as they have been…
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UN expert expresses concern on anti-terror bill
“The advancement of broad, vague and overly abrasive definition and legislation relating to terrorism can have the opposite of the intended effect which is that by silencing voices, by cracking down on civil society, by weakening the due process and protections offered by the criminal justice system that doesn’t strengthen the States by rather weakening…
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UN experts remind Duterte administration of responsibility in upholding human rights
“Whether they like it or not, the government is responsible for human rights. Not the UN Special Rapporteurs, the civil society. This is the responsibility that they all (States) have signed.” By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – The Philippine government has an obligation to protect and uphold the human rights of its citizen,…
