The police and military also forced the victims to sign a document linking them to the Communist Party of the Philippines – New People’s Army… 05/14/2021
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Zambales youth activists released after Labor Day arrest
Senators remind Duterte: ‘The presidency is no joking matter’
MANILA–Filipino senators reminded President Rodrigo Duterte to take his job seriously, as his supposed “jokes” on the West Philippine Sea have implications on the country’s… 05/14/2021
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#DuterteResign call continues to grow online
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – Support for the #DuterteResign online petition is exponentially increasing five days after it was launched. As of… 04/23/2021
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Lawyers’ groups: Community pantries not prohibited
“Not being required, and in fact prohibited by law, the organizers should not be forced, and are within their right, to refuse to sign any… 04/23/2021
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Hospitals on the ‘brink of collapse’ – health workers
By JOSEPH CUEVAS Kodao Productions / Reposted by Bulatlat.com MANILA — Health workers said hospitals are on the brink of collapse amid the spike in… 04/09/2021
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Advocates post photos of empty plates to press aid for the hungry
BY REIN TARINAY Bulatlat.com In time for the Catholic tradition of fasting during the Holy Week, a peasant advocates group led a protest action assailing… 04/09/2021
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Duterte backers, other oil firms rake in millions from overpricing amid pandemic
Amid the misery and deaths caused by COVID-19, oil companies, including those controlled by prominent Duterte backers, have been raking in millions of pesos in… 04/09/2021
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PLM names new gender and development program after Liliosa Hilao
The Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila launched on Monday, April 5, its new gender and development (GAD) program and named it after an activist alumna.… 04/09/2021
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Global mission finds local remedies for rights victims in PH illusory
“Domestic remedies have been ineffective at providing redress and at halting continued abuses. The power imbalance between victims of state violence, and perpetrators who have… 03/26/2021
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Supreme Court condemns killings, threats against lawyers and judges
“To threaten our judges and lawyers is no less than an assault to the judiciary. To assault the judiciary is to shake the very bedrock… 03/26/2021
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