In these extremely pressing times, the media, journalists, and netizens should not be censored but should instead be encouraged to work together in investigating the Mindanao crisis and examining the basis, implementation, and possible excesses of martial law.
An atmosphere of cautiousness, overshadowed by the imposition of martial law in Mindanao, hangs over the fifth round of GRP-NDFP formal negotiations under the Duterte government which begin today (till June 1), in Noordwijk aan Zee, the Netherlands. Much depends on...
If the war between the armed forces of the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and those of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) officially and finally ends as a result of the peace talks between these adversaries, Rodrigo Roa Duterte will secure...
A multiracial community organization in the US seeks to counter their recent election's anti-immigrant tide through art.
Sixteen years ago, alarmed over the rising incidents of extrajudicial killing of persons engaged in defending and promoting human rights in Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, an independent advocacy group founded Front Line Defenders (FLD) in Dublin,...
Is President Rodrigo Duterte preparing a coup d’etat à la Marcos against the Republic and himself as a democratically elected president? It was a joke, but like Mr. Duterte’s other off-hand remarks and past one-liners, it had an edge of seriousness in it....
Ni TONY BORIAGA Naaalaala mo ba Ang mga ngiti at saya Noong tayo'y mag-aaral pa? Naaalaala mo ba Na nilunod ito ng galit at himagsik Dahil kumislap sa ating mga mata? Ang mga paang nakakadena sa parang At ang puting hawla Na nagkulong sa ating kalayaan Naaalaala...
A year ago I described President Rodrigo Roa Duterte as a conundrum. Is he a “Leftist” or “Rightist”; a democrat or disguised autocrat; pro-people or wily demagogue; reformer or defender of the establishment? Is change really forthcoming or is this another empty...
“Without propaganda by the revolutionary forces and people, the propaganda of the imperialists and reactionaries would prevail without any challenge.”
The book “Land Grabbing Cases in the Philippines: Greed, Hunger and Resistance” puts a spotlight on the continuing landlessness and “food insecurity” of the country’s food producers – the farmers.
Are the bills for free public wifi pending at the House of Representatives and Senate worth our support?
Ally of Rodrigo Duterte employs Trump-speak to deny that the President’s policy [on his ‘war on drugs’] has resulted in more than 7,000 being killed by death squads and vigilantes.” Thus says the feisty Guardian, a leading British newspaper, in reporting online...
The Philippine delegation to the third cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) co-chaired by Senator Alan Peter Cayetano and Deputy Executive Secretary for Legal Affairs Menardo Guevarra has a credibility...
“We condemn this act of harassment to God’s workers who earnestly work for peace and justice."
A nuanced look at the nature and meaning of the housing crisis in the capitalist West and the solutions housing occupations can provide
Ni MARK ANGELES Sapagkat ang baya’y hindi nila magagapi, Ka Zola, Ka Nante, Ka Ugis, Ka Emil, Nilandas mo’t ginabayan ang masa’t gerilya Sa mga nayo’t sona ng Ilocos at Cordillera. Dito sa amin sa Kalakhang Maynila, Ka Tolayts, Ka Daniel, Ka Dario, Papa Dee,...
The White House has confirmed that President Donald Trump has invited President Rodrigo Duterte to visit the United States. The invitation has provoked criticism from human rights groups, among them Human Rights Watch (HRW), which has been unrelenting in its...
By ANGELA MAE BUENAFE-ZE The Truth is exposed to you in that subtle roundabout way: Masked in some kind of self-righteous humility Condolences for your pity "Kawawa me" mentalities Restricted their potentialities to 8-5pm in airconditioned offices that filed the...
Ni KENNETHFER NABO Hindi lamang tayo mga makatang sagana sa salita Ang isyu ng bayan ang winawagayway nating bandila Tayo rin ang tinig ng naghihimagsik na sambayanan Kasama ng masa’y moog sa bawat labanan. Tayo ang makabagong Rizal Ngunit walang pangalang nakaukit...
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