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Christian Deiparine (Philstar.com) – January 19, 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Chancellors of different University of the Philippines campuses pushed back on the defense department’s termination of the accord barring state forces in their schools, urging government to rescind the widely criticized decision. The DND’s move this week had been an apparent culmination of the Duterte…
Bulatlat.com | Features | Nation | NewsJoint statement: Stand with ABS-CBN, Defend Free Expression
Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade, Jr. of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF ELCAC) issued a statement Monday night claiming that “the ABS-CBN issue is about CPP [Communist Party of the Philippines] propaganda, so it falls under NTF ELCAC’s mandate.” The statement came after the brouhaha ignited by the recent crossposting…
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By Dr. MUTYA ESPINA VARONA Be informed. “Overwhelmed” is an ordinary, everyday condition – it refers to the number of patients we see. But times have changed – we now see less patients, but we are engulfed by the consequences brought by this pandemic. Overwhelmed. This is where our health care stands, where it has…
Red-tagging victims: 7 freed after 2-month detention for helping lumad kids
By: Nestle Semilla – Reporter / Inquirer Visayas /May 14, 2021 CEBU CITY—The Central Visayas police has freed seven persons arrested last February on suspicion that they were recruiting lumad minors and training them as “child warriors” of communist rebel movement. The detainees, known as Bakwit School 7, were released around 6 p.m. on Friday…
#KilusangMayoUno
Para saan at para kanino ang #KilusangMayoUno? Labing-isang salaysay ng pagsubok, adhikain, at mga pangarap galing mismo sa iba’t ibang uring manggagawang Pilipino na dumalo sa malawakang pagkilos sa Mayo Uno. Michael, 28. Production line worker. Limang taong naging contractual bago maging regular. Maraming benepisyo ang pagiging regular. ‘Pag regular ka at nasama sa union,…
Hinggil sa pagtatanggal sa Filipino at Panitikan sa kolehiyo
“Ang pagtanggal sa Filipino at Panitikan sa Kolehiyo ay isang palatandaan na nakakaligtaan nila na ang edukasyon ng mga Pilipino ay ibinatay sa edukasyon ng mga kolonyalistang Amerikano.”—Dr. Bienvenido Lumbera, chairperson emeritus, Concerned Artists of the Philippines/Pambansang Alagad ng Sining
