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OLITICIANS ARE at least partly the creations of the mass media, which in many cases present to the public only their versions of the person… 12/14/2012
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Philippines
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Maguindanao massacre and the absence of genuine justice, press freedom, and good governance
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The continued reign of impunity, political dynasties and warlordism, the Aquino government’s contempt for a critical press and the lack of sweeping political, electoral and… 12/14/2012
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Gat Andres Bonifacio, the underrated hero
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By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com Manila — The proposal of Rep. Raymond Palatino of the Kabataan party-list group for the Department of Education to develop and… 12/14/2012
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Shades of gray in media ethics
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By Marites Dañguilan Vitug A governor of a Northern Luzon province treated reporters to a weekend in Boracay, ostensibly to show them how this island… 12/14/2012
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Hunger, trauma, despair haunt ‘Pablo’ survivors
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MANILA, Philippines – Aside from unrelenting hunger, survivors of Typhoon Pablo in Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental are also fending off the trauma of seeing… 12/14/2012
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Coconut farmers demand cash distribution, control over coco levy funds
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MANILA — Not so fast, Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala. Your promises are no good, and the coconut farmers need cash. Coconut farmers led by the… 11/29/2012
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Privatization of health services, a life and death issue for poor Filipinos
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By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com Government health workers have been consistently sounding the alarm, especially these past few weeks, regarding the Aquino government’s plans to privatize… 11/29/2012
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Plagiarism is a big deal
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What is most grating about Vicente Sotto III’s cut-and-paste mania is that he thinks he did nothing wrong. And so do others, including, for a… 11/29/2012
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8 years after Luisita massacre, not one hectare distributed
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“Until now, the Cojuangco-Aquinos have not given back our land and we have not received a single centavo as payment for our land that they… 11/29/2012
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Green groups, indigenous peoples hold ‘Mines UNSafety Week’
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MANILA – Some four hundred indigenous peoples (IP) and representatives of mining-affected communities in Benguet, Ilocos and Cagayan regions meet with other IPs and green… 11/29/2012
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