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Up to now, not a single victim of human-rights violation during the Marcos dictatorship has achieved justice nor received any compensation from the government. By… 10/08/2010
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Philippines
After 38 Years, Justice Remains Elusive for Martial Law Survivors
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Last week’s violent demolition of shanties in a sprawling urban poor community in Quezon City highlighted once more the intractable problems of homelessness and urban… 10/08/2010
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Progressive Groups Say $434 Million Compact Grant to Benefit US, Not the Philippines
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By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA — Filipinos have nothing to applaud but plenty to fear from its new president’s US trip and the bacon it’s… 10/08/2010
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AQUINO’S CABINET IN ITS FIRST 100 DAYS: Factionalism, Infighting
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MANILA–Aside from lapses and controversies, the first 100 days of President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III in office was marked by infighting among the many power… 10/08/2010
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At What Price?
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By signing the $434 million grant from the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the Aquino administration is committing to the same policies of deregulation, liberalization, and privatization… 10/08/2010
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Lawyers laud UN rights body decision vs Arroyo, et al
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Lawyers’ Group Seriously Studying Having UNHRC Decision Enforced in the Philippines; Vows to Continue Prosecuting HR Cases before national and international bodies In a press… 10/08/2010
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Stop this country
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BENIGNO Aquino III said upon taking office last July that he hoped the “honeymoon period” between him on the one hand and the media and… 09/24/2010
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A Defining Trip
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By BENJIE OLIVEROS Analysis Bulatlat.com President Benigno Aquino III has barely reached his 80 days in office and so may issues have already shaped his… 09/24/2010
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Luisita Farmers Walk Out of Mediation Hearing, Urge SC to Rule on Case
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When the lawyers of the Cojuangco family said, during the September 14 hearing, that they are open to land distribution if the price is right,… 09/24/2010
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Peasant Leader Killed in Davao City, the 7th Extrajudicial Killing Under the New Administration
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By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – A farmer was shot dead in front of his child inside his house in sitio Narra, barangay… 09/24/2010
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