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By Carlos H. Conde It’s been a bloodbath for the Lumad, the collective name for the indigenous peoples of the southern Philippines island of Mindanao.… 09/09/2015
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Philippines
Dispatches: Killings of Philippine Tribal Members Spark Public Furor
Death of Ph eagle shows gov’t failure to protect biodiversity, says green group
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By Dee Ayroso MANILA–The Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment (Kalikasan PNE) said the death of the Philippine eagle Pamana exposed government’s “low priority” in… 08/28/2015
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Dispatches: Unending Impunity in the Philippines
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One was a peasant leader. Another was a newspaper publisher. Both were shot and killed by men on motorcycles on the same day, underscoring a… 08/28/2015
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Poverty is the cause, not the result, of overpopulation
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By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld The Philippine population reached 100 million in 2014, and is projected to reach 101.6 million this year.… 08/28/2015
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Aquino Legacy: More poor Filipinos in the last 5 years
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Research group IBON said that the growing number of poor Filipinos in the country today debunks the Aquino administration’s claims that its successful poverty alleviation… 08/28/2015
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Proposed 2016 national budget prone to abuse in election year
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Research group IBON said that the proposed 2016 national government budget is vulnerable to abuse in the critical 2016 election year. There are large lump-sum… 08/14/2015
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DAP-like mechanism persists in proposed 2016 budget
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Despite a Supreme Court decision last year declaring the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) unconstitutional, a mechanism to retain discretionary lump-sum funds persists in the proposed… 08/14/2015
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Aquino Legacy: Wealth of richest tripled
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The country’s few rich became richer while wages and incomes remained low for millions of working Filipinos in the last five years. This would be… 08/14/2015
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Dispatches: Whitewashing Internal Displacement in the Philippines
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By Carlos H. Conde Researcher, Asia Division Human Rights Watch The Philippine government loves to put on a pretty face for visiting dignitaries. In May… 08/07/2015
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German City awards Mindanaoan nun for HR advocacy
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DAVAO CITY – A Filipina Benedictine nun from Mindanao is the recipient of the Award for Human Rights by the Weimar City in Germany this… 08/06/2015
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