By RONALYN V. OLEA MANILA — The Supreme Court’s (SC) recent resolution upholding with finality the constitutionality of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) sends a… 03/16/2010
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Anti-VFA Groups Warn: SC Decision on VFA to Spur More US Intervention
Katribu Cites Courageous Women Health Workers
By MARYA SALAMAT MANILA — Most of the Philippines’s indigenous peoples live in the mountains or in farflung hard-to-reach villages seldom reached by government’s social… 03/16/2010
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COMPLAINT VS MILITARY
MORONG 43, LAWYERS FILE BEFORE HUMAN RIGHTS BODY MANILA — The 43 health workers arrested by the military in Morong, Rizal, on Feb. 6 filed… 03/01/2010
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TV spins of top bets, ‘not Bible truth’
Credible message, not volume or value, makes good ‘pol ads’ By Karol M. Ilagan HE has racked up nearly a billion pesos worth of TV… 03/01/2010
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KONTRA DAYA: Watch dog vs Election Fraud
By ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat.com MANILA — A 2010 election watchdog group launched yesterday is geared not only to monitor the upcoming elections, but also… 03/01/2010
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Decline and fall
The appalling state of Philippine political and government institutions was painfully on display via what was happening to and in the Philippine Senate barely a… 03/01/2010
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Community Broadcasters Worldwide Condemn Impunity in RP
BANGALORE, India — More than 300 community broadcasters from 21 countries unanimously approved a resolution condemning the culture of impunity in the Philippines during the… 03/01/2010
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MORONG 43: A Doctor to the People, Hurt and Broken
MANILA — Dr. Alex Montes, 62, is a retired surgeon but still an active medical practitioner who regularly joined medical missions and conducted trainings for… 03/01/2010
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Groups Work Double Time to Save OFW from Death Row
MANILA — “Is Jakatia still alive?” Migrante International, the progressive group that advocates the rights of overseas Filipino workers, asked this question last week, referring… 03/01/2010
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A Bloody Struggle for Land in Compostela Valley
MANILA — For the farmers, peasants and indigenous peoples of Southern Mindanao, the past several years had been a period of great danger and violence.… 02/16/2010
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