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By: Gabriel Pabico Lalu – Reporter/INQUIRER.net /October 07, 2021 MANILA, Philippines — After months of anticipation and with just a day left in the filing of certificates of candidacy, Vice President Leni Robredo on Thursday finally announced that she is running for the presidency in the 2022 national elections. Robredo said during her speech at…
Bulatlat.com | Features | Nation | NewsPH, 2nd deadliest for environment defenders- watchdog
Global Witness report “Defending Tomorrow” cover. BY AARON MACARAEG Bulatlat.com MANILA– The Philippines is the second deadliest country for environmental defenders, according to the latest Global Witness report. The report stated that 43 environment defenders were killed in 2019, making it second to Colombia with 64 deaths. Heather Iqbal of Global Witness, in a webinar…
Activists protest RP-US military exercises
Bagong Alyansang Makabayan and other groups, together with Central Luzon organizations, held protest actions against the 34th Balikatan exercises in Clark and Basa air bases last May 8. The protesters said it is a violation of Philippine sovereignty that foreign military forces continue to exercise power in the country through agreements such as the Visiting…
GUILTY!: ‘Butcher’ Palparan, 2 others face reclusion perpetua
Retired Army Major General Jovito Palparan faces 20 to 40 years imprisonment after being found guilty of kidnapping and serious illegal detention for the 2006 disappearance of University of the Philippines UP students Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empeño. In today’s long-awaited promulgation, Branch 15 of the Malolos Regional Trial Court found the notorious Philippine Army…
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Gov’t, PNP agree to a military to pull-out from IP communities; military refuses to sign accord
Police and local government officials here agreed in a meeting with Lumad leaders for the pullout of military detachment and troops in Lianga town after indigenous people residents evacuated their communities early this month.
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Moro group enraged by Duterte honoring soldiers involved in Patikul massacre
A progressive Moro group, on Tuesday, was enraged when President Rodrigo Duterte visited and honored the 14 soldiers involved in the killing of seven Tausug youth in Patikul, Sulu, saying it insults and adds to the emotional injury suffered by the families of the slain civilians.