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After four days of intense formal negotiations and an extra day of back-channel talks, the parties firmed up their agreement on free land distribution “as… 04/13/2017
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Philippines
Talks conclude with more agreements on free land distribution
A step closer to peace
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By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective The negotiating panels of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the National Democratic Front of the… 04/13/2017
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NDFP, GRP sign interim joint ceasefire agreement
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In a formal ceremony presided by the Royal Norwegian Government facilitator Elisabeth Slattum, the parties signed the document entitled Agreement on an Interim Joint Ceasefire… 04/13/2017
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Amid upped military operations, educators reiterate call to save IP schools
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In the aftermath of the Fourth Mindanao-Wide Conference of the Save our Schools (SOS) Network, transformative education group Educators Forum for Development (EfD) said that… 04/13/2017
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Philippine President Encourages War Crimes
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By Carlos H. Conde Human Rights Watch While attending a memorial service today for four policemen, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte urged the army to “Go… 03/10/2017
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Health groups call for justice for slain rural doctor
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“May this turn our anguish and anger into a burning fervor to serve the people.” By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat MANILA — Progressive health… 03/10/2017
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House approves death penalty; Senate next arena
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BUSINESS WORLD House Bill 4727, or an act imposing the death penalty on certain heinous crimes, was approved last night after securing 217 affirmative votes… 03/10/2017
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CBCP on death penalty vote: We shall not be silenced
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RAPPLER ‘They may have won, but it does not mean that they are right,’ CBCP president Archbishop Socrates Villegas says after the House of Representatives… 03/10/2017
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Senate approves bill on expanded maternity leave
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BUSINESS WORLD Senate Bill (SB) No. 1305 would double the length of maternity leave to women regardless of civil status or legitimacy of her child,… 03/10/2017
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Change? Not three decades after EDSA, not under PDP–IBON
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IBON.org The Philippines remains backward and underdeveloped with severe inequality 31 years after the so-called EDSA revolution, research group IBON said. The Duterte administration’s new… 03/10/2017
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