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Still Playing the Deadly Game
Still Playing the Deadly Game
Still Playing the Deadly Game, Retired military general Jovito Palparan may have shed off his Army uniform and donned the barong of Congressmen. But he still has maintained his military mindset – accusing activists of being communists, which, during his days in the military, meant being a target for abduction, torture, and extrajudicial killing. (By Flon Faurillo)
Street Shooter: The Sunset, the Sea and the Old Man
Street Shooter: The Sunset, the Sea and the Old Man
The Sunset, The Sea And The Old Man
Cory Aquino’s Place in History
Cory Aquino’s Place in History
The failures of her presidency notwithstanding, Cory Aquino will be remembered for helping restore democracy in the Philippines and dismantle the vestiges of the Marcos dictatorship. When the Arroyo regime increasingly became corrupt and autocratic, she again rose to the challenge. Cory fought tyranny to the very end.
Video: Melissa Roxas to Other Victims: “This Is For All of Us!”
Video: Melissa Roxas to Other Victims: “This Is For All of Us!”
Video: "This Is For All of Us!" -- Melissa Roxas
Video: CHR Hearing on Melissa Roxas Torture Turns Into a Witchhunt
Video: CHR Hearing on Melissa Roxas Torture Turns Into a Witchhunt
Video: Melissa Hearing Turns Into a Witchhunt
In Outburst Vs Palparan, Torture Victim Vents Frustration Over Continuing Injustice
In Outburst Vs Palparan, Torture Victim Vents Frustration Over Continuing Injustice
When Raymond Manalo suddenly stood up and shouted invectives at former general and now congressman Jovito Palparan during a hearing yesterday at the Commission on Human Rights, he was only venting his frustration that the man he had accused of abducting him and torturing him for 18 long months has not been punished.
Video: Arroyo’s Sona — A Litany of Lies
Video: Arroyo’s Sona — A Litany of Lies
Video: Arroyo's Sona: A Litany of Lies
Melissa Roxas Testifies in Congress: ‘I Will Not Tire to Tell the Truth’
Melissa Roxas Testifies in Congress: ‘I Will Not Tire to Tell the Truth’
"I have reason to believe that the Philippine military were the ones who abducted and tortured me, and held me captive for six days. I do not like to dignify the allegations being hurled at me now as they only echo what my abductors have been forcing me to admit during my interrogation and illegal, incommunicado detention."
Video: The Making of the Last Gloria Effigy
Video: The Making of the Last Gloria Effigy
Video: The Making of the Last Gloria Effigy
Peasants and Workers in Long March for Land, Decent Jobs
Peasants and Workers in Long March for Land, Decent Jobs
Days before the Sona, thousands of farmers, workers, students and activists braved the heat and the rain as they marched from the provinces of Southern Tagalog to Commonwealth Avenue. The march, called Lakbayan, is their way of fighting the regime’s abuses and asserting their basic rights.
Outside Manila, Thousands Denounce Arroyo
Outside Manila, Thousands Denounce Arroyo
Thousands converged in other key cities across the country to denounce the Arroyo regime for the poverty, corruption, deception and repression in the Philippines.
In Sona, Arroyo Paints a Different Picture
In Sona, Arroyo Paints a Different Picture
In her ninth State of the Nation Address, President Arroyo painted a rosy picture of the Philippines – a world so much different from the one most Filipinos live in, her critics say.
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