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By: Daphne Galvez – Reporter /INQUIRER.net / March 03, 2021 MANILA, Philippines — A bill at the House of Representatives seeking to allow the presumption of guilt of drug suspects is an “alarming knee-jerk reaction” to the shootout between the police and drug enforcement agents, Amnesty International (AI) said in a statement issued on Wednesday….
With Arayat as witness 49 years ago today
This was the spot where Jose Maria Sison, fresh from re-establishing the Communist Party of the Philippines the previous year, met with guerrilla leader Bernabe “Ka Dante” Buscayno to establish the New People’s Army in March 29, 1968, What used to be a bamboo clump in Sta. Rita, Capas, Tarlac is now mostly rice fields…
Karapatan: Investigate PNP for distributing black propaganda outside election precincts
“In an effort to pursue their smear campaign against progressive partylists, elements of the police were seen distributing materials which red-tagged groups under the Makabayan bloc on May 13, within the vicinity of election precincts. This is a blatant disregard of the law. We likewise raise the possibility of these materials being published and distributed…
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‘Wrong on so many levels’: Duterte’s ‘vagina’ remarks earn lashing
President Rodrigo Duterte addresses 217 New People’s Army surrenderers flown in from Eastern Mindanao during a dinner on Wednesday, 7 February 2018. PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO DAVAO CITY, Philippines – Various groups lashed out at President Rodrigo Duterte over his recent remark that ordered soldiers to “shoot” female members of the New People’s Army (NPA) in their…
ACT Rep. France Castro wins Norwegian prize for work on trade union rights
Castro won the award for her many years of struggle to organize teachers and for fighting for basic workers rights in the Philippines, wrote the Svensson Foundation in a press statement.
How Much Will COVID-19 Cost the Philippines?
Over the next 10 to 40 years. By Paul John Caña | Sep 20, 2021, www.esquiremag.ph The total cost of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Philippines from the time it started in 2020 up to the next 10 to 40 years is estimated to reach a total of P41.4 trillion, according to the…
