Arrogance of power and corruption syndrome
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Rights abuses on the rise after Mindanao martial law extension
Rights abuses on the rise after Mindanao martial law extension
“These are the real face of martial law.”
With Duterte’s TRAIN, poor pay higher taxes so rich can take home more
With Duterte’s TRAIN, poor pay higher taxes so rich can take home more
The overwhelming majority of Filipinos do not get any income tax benefits from TRAIN. Most of the country’s total 22.7 million families do not pay income tax because they are just minimum wage earners or otherwise in informal work with low and erratic incomes. Even if TRAIN reduces income taxes paid by most of the reported 7.5 million personal income taxpayers, this still leaves as much as 15.2 million families without any income tax gains.
What’s at stake in Duterte’s re-extended martial law?
What’s at stake in Duterte’s re-extended martial law?
“We fear that the President wants to use martial law to escalate his bloody anti-illegal drug and counterinsurgency campaigns, crack down on dissent and intimidate the public into submission.’
Anti-commie PSYOP
Anti-commie PSYOP
While he was quick to add that communists are not terrorists, we all know that a private school history professor is not in any position to dictate upon the president. There has been a strong push back from the mass movement on the labeling of their organizations as “communist fronts.” For progressive activists, this is an act of political vilification enacted by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) that justifies extra-judicial killings, enforced disappearance, torture, warrantless arrests, and the criminalization of political dissent.
Green group demands release of ‘illegally arrested’ environmentalist
Green group demands release of ‘illegally arrested’ environmentalist
'It is not a crime to defend the environment.'
Yearender 2017: ‘Reminiscent of Arroyo’ | Duterte’s counterinsurgency program
Yearender 2017: ‘Reminiscent of Arroyo’ | Duterte’s counterinsurgency program
Oplan Bantay Laya of the Arroyo administration, has been described as the bloodiest and most brutal counterinsurgency program. That was, until her ally President Rodrigo Duterte came to power.
Human rights Day protests highlight people’s resistance to rising tyranny
Human rights Day protests highlight people’s resistance to rising tyranny
President Duterte's "fascist regime" faces stronger opposition from the people's movement.
Pinoys in Netherlands brave snow to protest killings in the Philippines
Pinoys in Netherlands brave snow to protest killings in the Philippines
Despite heavy snow, Filipinos in the Netherlands held a symbolic protest at the Philippine Embassy in The Hague on Dec. 11 to denounce “state-sponsored” killings under the Duterte administration.
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