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Only 18 months remain of President Aquino’s six-year term. He bows out in July 2016. In the new-year spirit of fulfilling a resolution — or… 01/09/2015
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At Ground Level
Can GPH-NDFP peace talks gain ground in 2015?
Torture in US, Philippines: We need to be outraged
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Torture — including the most brutal type used by state security forces on suspected “enemies of the state” — is back in media focus both… 12/18/2014
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‘Mistaken-identity’ arrests
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The AFP-PNP counterinsurgency forces have done it again: they arrested two elderly persons in Mexico, Pampanga whom they mistook for “top leaders” of the Communist… 10/24/2014
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Israel, US complicit in spurring Gaza war
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Now on its 26th day, the Israeli war against the Hamas militants in Gaza — the third since Hamas won the 2006 elections in that… 08/08/2014
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Hasty, tactless move to dispute DAP ruling
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It appears that President Aquino acted hastily and tactlessly when he decided to publicly defend the DAP (Disbursement Acceleration Program) and dispute the Supreme Court’s… 07/25/2014
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Basic problems as root causes of armed conflict
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Thirty-three years ago the late Jose W. Diokno, eminent senator, human rights defender and quintessential nationalist, identified four “basic problems” of Philippine society, thus: 1.… 04/25/2014
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My ‘love affair’ with the justice system
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On April 7 I’ll turn 75 years old. I had thought that my life – 50 years of which I have dedicated to activism for… 04/11/2014
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Killings of activists: 173 under P-Noy’s watch
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It seems that we will not see the ending of extrajudicial killings and other human rights violations under this second Aquino administration. What we have… 03/28/2014
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AFP counterinsurgency drive inside public schools
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In pursuing its counterinsurgency program, dubbed “Oplan Bayanihan,” the Armed Forces of the Philippines has used schools, hospitals, clinics, and religious places in blatant violation… 02/14/2014
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AFP counterinsurgency drive inside public schools
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In pursuing its counterinsurgency program, dubbed “Oplan Bayanihan,” the Armed Forces of the Philippines has used schools, hospitals, clinics, and religious places in blatant violation… 02/06/2014
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