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By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com The ouster of the Marcos dictatorship should have restored to us fully our rights and freedoms. But how do we fare… 09/28/2012
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Philippines
The state of our rights after martial law
The worst and best times for democracy
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By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com Forty years ago, Ferdinand E. Marcos launched a successful rightist coup and declared himself as president for life, arrested all those… 09/28/2012
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Cybercrime law: See you in court, PNoy
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Despite the view of the United Nations Committee on Human Rights that Philippine criminal libel is contrary to Article 19 of the International Covenant on… 09/28/2012
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Antonio Zumel, the revolutionary
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By CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise / Business World MANILA — Last August 10 was the 80th birthday of Antonio Zumel, newspaperman extraordinaire, pioneering trade unionist in… 09/28/2012
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Aquino gov’t agrees to revise mining IRR
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MANILA, Philippines – The government caved in to the mining industry’s call to change legally and financially contentious provisions in the recently issued mining rules.… 09/28/2012
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Sex on display: The Museum of Sex
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New York, USA – The sign at the exhibit entrance reads: “Please do not touch, lick or mount any of the exhibits.” It sounds like… 09/28/2012
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Reproductive health, a question of women’s rights
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By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com The debate over the proposed Reproductive Health Bill is raging in Congress. The most vocal opposition to the RH bill comes… 09/14/2012
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Disasters, Mother Nature’s wrath?
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By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com It is no longer raining hard in Metro Manila and in most parts of the country. The skies are cloudy, rain… 09/14/2012
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The phenomenon of Rico Puno
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By Marites Dañguilan Vitug If Rico Puno, outgoing Interior and Local Government Undersecretary, were made accountable for his major lapses during the August 2010 hostage… 09/14/2012
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Police, military collude to defy court order, keep Red leader in military detention
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By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – In a supposed democracy, civilian authority is considered supreme over the military. Such is not the case for… 09/14/2012
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