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COCOPEA drops NTF-ELCAC membership amid student-led pushback

The Coordinating Council of Private Educational Associations (COCOPEA) has formally withdrawn from the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), citing the need to uphold academic freedom. In a statement issued on Feb. 2, COCOPEA announced that after consulting its...

Ang Trapik! APEC special lanes, for whom?

Ang Trapik! APEC special lanes, for whom?

It isn't really just about the special traffic lanes or even the reorganizing of the life of the nation's capital for a few days because of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. Although they do make visible the real problem with APEC – it's an...

Hunted: Datus and children of the Banwaon

Hunted: Datus and children of the Banwaon

It was past midnight in the Naga City gymnasium, and most of the Lumad, tired from three days of traveling by land and by sea, have retired to sleep inside their malongs. But not Datu Magal. He sits alert and upright, silently watching over his people as they slowly...

Ganito ang APEC sa Iloilo. May napala ba tayo?

Ganito ang APEC sa Iloilo. May napala ba tayo?

Nagsimula noong Setyembre 21 at magtatapos sa Oktubre 6 ang mga pulong ng Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) sa Iloilo City. Para sa APEC, gumastos ang pambansang pamahalaan ng milyun-milyon para sa pagtatayo ng mga imprastruktura, kabilang na ang...

Raid on Lumad sanctuary highlights unresolved militarization

Raid on Lumad sanctuary highlights unresolved militarization

A police raid on a church compound in Davao City, where some 700 Lumads have sought refuge several months now, highlighted the unresolved issue of militarization and exposed how a congresswoman aids military forces. This video by Kilab Multimedia shows the violent...

Alarm raised on death threats, harassment of activists

Alarm raised on death threats, harassment of activists

Last week, a veteran union leader of government employees, Tonette Setias-Dizon, was forced to seek protection at the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, fearing for her life after being tailed by suspicious men. Setias-Dizon’s case, detailed in a report by Pinoy...

Parago killing a military victory or a cowardly act?

Parago killing a military victory or a cowardly act?

The Armed Forces of the Philippines' declaration of a victory in the killing of New People’s Army commander Leoncio “Kumander Parago” Pitao and his medical aide Vanessa Limpag last June 28, is marred by the probability of an international humanitarian law violation....

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