On the Palace-contested 81,000 job generation figure

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Officers of Karapatan, Rural Missionaries of the Philippines and Gabriela file a petition for writ of amparo and writ of habeas data before the Supreme Court, May 6. (Photo courtesy of Karapatan) “We reiterate that activism and the full exercise of our civil and political rights is not a crime. While we continue with our…