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Nov 9, 2021, Tonyo Cruz Is it really possible that the family of President Duterte and Mayor Sara didn’t know about Tupas and the company she keeps? Were they in the dark about the PDEA raid and the ‘high-value targets’ associated with Tupas? At around noon of Monday, November 8, I began to receive frantic…
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Longest-detained political prisoner released – Karapatan
“After thirty two (32) years, political prisoner Jose Ceriales was finally released on April 19, 2017, after serving sentence for false charges of multiple murder and double frustrated murder. Peasant Ceriales was arrested on May 3, 1985 in Manjuyod, Negros Oriental when he was only 22 years old. Now, he is 54 years old. That…
Coalition formed to look into alleged abuses, update UN rights panel on Philippine situation
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Joma dismisses Duterte’s threat to kill him
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