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By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld The passage of the landmark Marcos human rights victims compensation bill or the “Human Rights Victims Reparation and Recognition… 02/08/2013
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Philippines
Getting their due
DOJ drops charges against political prisoner Ericson Acosta
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By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Still recovering from a recent kidney operation, poet and songwriter Ericson Acosta was all smiles after receiving the… 02/08/2013
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Defense counsel claims state witness in Olalia-Alay-ay murder case accepted bribes
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By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA – Former Air Force Col. Eduardo ‘Red’ Kapunan, supported by former Mayor Filomeno Maligaya, bribed state witness Medardo Dumlao Baretto… 02/08/2013
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‘One billion’ to rise against gender-based violence, poverty
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By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA – One Billion Rising is taking the world by storm. “It is something that has gone across class,… 02/08/2013
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Rachel Andal: Little Miss Piano Prodigy
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MANILA, Philippines – The moment I heard about Rachel Andal, I was immediately reminded of another story we ran in October 2012 about a 7-year-old… 02/08/2013
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Filipina wants to shake up Oxford dictionary
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MANILA, Philippines – Grammar Nazis take note! A Filipina is part of the team currently working on the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) and is pushing… 02/08/2013
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Puerto Princesa Mayor Hagedorn fears for life of another Ortega witness
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MANILA, Philippines — Puerto Princesa Mayor Edward Hagedorn fears for the life of a third witness in the killing of journalist and environmentalist Gerry Ortega.… 02/08/2013
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A happy heart renders ‘10 Rights of a Child’
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MASKING SUSPICIOUS LOSS OF DAD JONAS MANILA–Guess who is the latest – and arguably one of the cutest – child rights advocates? She is 8-year-old… 02/08/2013
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Two cases of disappearance reported to human rights groups
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After enactment of Anti-Enforced Disappearance Law Karapatan and Families of Desaparecidos for Justice (Desaparecidos) deplored the abduction of Sheikh Bashier Mursalum and Muin Kahal Hamja, as… 02/08/2013
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US Navy bars park rangers from inspecting grounded ship at Tubbataha Reef
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According to the Tubbataha management office, it is highly probable that the ship has damaged large portions of the heritage sites’ coral reefs, thus violating… 01/25/2013
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