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Fil-Ams protest US ‘ironclad’ alliance with the Philippines

By Kristine Villanueva Washington D.C. – Over 100 Filipino-American activists staged protests outside the White House in Washington D.C. against the recent trilateral meeting between Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., US President Joe Biden, and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio...

The image game

The image game

With several weeks left before the official filing of candidacy, voters have yet to hear substantial talk on the platform of governance raised (or not raised) by those who have already declared their intention to run for higher office in 2016, especially for the...

Dampig Katarungan

Dampig Katarungan

A weekly broadcast from Iloilo City on various issues affecting communities in the Visayas region.

Lumad Bakwit

Lumad Bakwit

A woman lost her 4-month-old baby in the evacuation site of Lumads, indigenous peoples who were forced to flee their homes in Surigao del Sur because of militarization that resulted to a massacre last September 1, 2015. Meanwhile, presidential aspirant Mar Roxas...

A policy of killing Lumads

A policy of killing Lumads

The Lumads of Mindanao consist of the few remaining tribes in the country who have preserved their indigenous culture through the only means it can be done—by living on their ancestral lands. If the current trend of killing and driving them away from the mountains...

Attack on a Lumad School

Attack on a Lumad School

Paramilitary forces attack a school for indigenous peoples in Surigao del Sur, killing the principal of the Lumad school ALCADEV and two tribal leaders.

Horse-trading votes and ‘justice’

Horse-trading votes and ‘justice’

The fact that the public remains vigilant over whether the Aquino administration struck a deal or not with the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) underscores the reality that the administration, through the Department of Justice (DOJ), indeed holds special powers over which of...

National Budget = Election Budget?

National Budget = Election Budget?

Lumobo ang "Special Purpose Funds" sa panukalang 2016 national budget, lalo na ang sa Local Government Units. May kuwestiyunable ring mga item sa budget ng Department of Interior and Local Government. May kinalaman ba ito sa pagtakbo sa pagkapangulo ni DILG Sec. Mar...

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