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BREAKING: NDFP’s Fidel Agcaoili dies
As chief negotiator, Agcaoili led the NDFP peace panel in forging major agreements with the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) Negotiating Panel such as free land distribution and national industrialization that may serve as the backbone of comprehensive agreements on social and economic reforms with future Manila governments. The post BREAKING: NDFP’s…
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If we want to help the millennials and the coming generations, we are now tasked to see the interconnected of things. What is it that the preceding generations need to do to bridge the gap. This is not just the problem of one generation. This is a challenge to the whole human race, I dare…
Bulatlat.com | Features | Nation | NewsJournalists, artists file 13th petition against Terror Law
(Photo courtesy of Concerned Artists of the Philippines) BY ALYSSA MAE CLARIN Bulatlat.com MANILA— Journalists, artists, and free expression advocates filed the 13th petition today, July 23, before the Supreme Court against RA 114979, or the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020. Joined by almost 40 individuals from Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao, the groups filed a petition…
Terror tag still hounds rights defenders even as court cuts down list to two individuals
“Despite the recent court decision cutting down the names of those included in the Justice Department’s proscription petition from more than 600 names to 8, then finally down to 2 individuals, rights defenders and political dissenters initially included remain vulnerable to attacks. This is not a reprieve. So long as the proscription case remains, it…
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Public appeal resumption of bus routes in Northern Mindanao
The riding public of Region 10 or Northern Mindanao made appeals to buses that they ply their usual routes after President Duterte declared most of Mindanao provinces under the general community quarantine starting May 1 to 15.