Inside Marawi you can easily defend, but outside of Marawi, I have not seen any evidence that there's actual rebellion in Dinagat island, Camiguin island, Misamis, Pagadian, Lanao, Dapitan, and all these places.
“Absent the existence of actual rebellion in the entire Mindanao, there is no justification to place the entire Mindanao region under martial law and to suspend the writ of habeas corpus.”
Progressives commemorate June 12 Independence Day with a US embassy protest.
If you know Philippine history, you'll get the jokes.
It has been close to three weeks since a botched police operation against Abu Sayaff leader Isnilon Hapilon evolved into a shooting war with his supporters in Marawi City, the Maute Group, and the subsequent declaration of martial law in the entire Mindanao. The...
Ni LUCHIE MARANAN Gunitain daw ang Araw ng Kalayaan. Sa ngayon, palayain kami sa bilangguan Ng panggigipit at banta ng batas militar, Kalagin ang gapos at pagkabihag Mula sa paninindak ng estadong bulag Sa ugat ng kahirapan at pakikipaglaban Ng mamamayan sa lungsod...
For the second time since February, the GRP-NDFP peace talks – which both parties and peace advocates have hailed for achieving an unprecedented advance on the most substantive agenda since President Duterte revived the talks in August 2016 – have suffered...
Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez is quite right. To be of any use, any discussion or debate on terrorism and terrorists -- specifically to determine if an incident in which dozens of people are killed is an act of terrorism or not -- can only be meaningful if the...
TULA Ni MARY ANGELIQUE TACATA Naririnig ko ang sarili kong hikbi habang kinakalampag niya ang pintuan Para siyang isang hayop na gustong kumawala sa kanyang kulungan “Tama na, tama na," paulit-ulit kong sambit, sabay pikit Tanging hiling ko lamang ay magising mula...
The election of the Europeanist Macron, who is a real child of the banking system and of the forces of globalization, to the presidency of France has prevented, on the one hand, the automatic activation of the decomposing procedures of a European Union that is under the German control and has created, on the other hand, an incredible illusion in the bureaucratic circles of Brussels with regard to the prospects of its longevity.
"Education should be devoid of policies that are for business, commercialization and profit.”
All past administrations systematized and facilitated the export of labor.
The inter-faith prayer rally will call for the lifting of martial law in Mindanao.
The GRP-NDFP peace talks appear to be hanging by a thread. The delegation from the Government of the Republic of the Philippines withdrew from participation in the fifth round of talks scheduled to open last May 27 in Noordwijk, The Netherlands, upon instructions...
“You can have all the talent in the world, but it takes mental strength to be a champion.” “Work so hard that one day, your signature will be called an autograph.” These two motivational quotes have propelled a 19-year-old student-athlete to excel in singles table...
If those who fear martial law are “living in the past,” it is because much of that past, with or without martial law, is still very much in the present. Human rights defenders are still under threat, and farmer leaders, indigenous people, protesters, and political...
MANILA – Various groups held a Black Friday protest in Quezon City today, June 2, as they continued to called on President Duterte to lift the martial law in Mindanao. Led by Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan), protesters also condemned the attack at the Resorts...
In their pursuit of imperial delusions in Libya and beyond, Western leaders cynically sacrificed the security of their own citizens, setting the stage for the massacre in Manchester.
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