By RONALYN OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – A leader of an urban poor group was shot dead by a lone gunman in San Roque village, Kadiwa,… 03/25/2011
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Urban Poor Leader Protesting Demolitions in Navotas City Killed, Another Victim of Extrajudicial Killings Under Aquino
Angelina Ipong Talks About Her Ordeal As Political Prisoner
Her military captors tried to break her will and her spirit, but she became stronger in the end. By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA –… 03/25/2011
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MARCOS – A HERO?
MANILA, Philippines (2nd UPDATE) – Sen. Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday thanked lawmakers at the House of Representatives who signed the resolution asking that his… 03/25/2011
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On 100th International Women’s Day, Groups Press Aquino to Act on Women’s Demands
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA — On the 100th year of International Women’s Day, Gabriela, together other women’s groups from various sectors, vowed… 03/11/2011
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Lolas Lament Slow Pace of Justice, Hit Aquino for Failed Promise
MANILA — The lolas (grandmothers) of Lila Filipina, an organization of former “comfort women,” stormed the Japanese Embassy in Manila on Wednesday to demand justice… 03/11/2011
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Martial Law Victims Insulted by Exclusion from List of Compensation Claimants
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA — Jose “Bong” Barsoles, 59, who was tortured and detained during martial law, went to the Commission on Human… 03/11/2011
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After Hacienda Luisita, Cojuangco Family Claiming Former Military Camp Lands in Pangasinan
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — The Cojuangcos are at it again. According to a farmers group based in Central Luzon, the Cojuangco-controlled… 03/11/2011
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Groups Mark 25th Anniversary of Edsa People Power I with Protests
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA — Contrary to the festive celebration being sponsored by the Aquino government, various cause-oriented groups marked the 25th… 03/11/2011
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Battle on paradise Philippine island
PUERTO PRINCESA – For tourists the Philippine island of Palawan seems like paradise, but for environment activists it feels more akin to a battlefield. Murders… 03/11/2011
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Philippines’s Oldest Woman Political Prisoner Released
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA — The country’s oldest woman political prisoner has been released from the Misamis Occidental Provincial Jail in Oroquieta City… 02/25/2011
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