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“Aquino opened almost 730,000 hectares of ancestral land for mining, monocrop plantations, economic zones, military camps and US bases.”
The World Bank report noted that around three-quarters of all jobs and two-thirds of urban jobs in the Philippines are informal. Among wage workers, 6 out of 10 are hired informally, it said. “Informal wage workers lack employment contracts and social insurance, and are not protected against unfair dismissal.”
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These nightmares in the country’s train system have been present even in the past, but under President Aquino, things took a turn for the worse.
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“When mothers are detained, they are not the only ones being punished...It is even more punishment for the children and their families.”
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“Where will the poor mothers go?”
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“The environmental crimes committed during the dictatorship are bound to happen again if Bongbong Marcos gets one step closer to Malacañang.”
BULATLAT SPECIAL REPORT:
"Raise our arms to the sky, Gabrielas with no fear, no fear..."
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“The issue of privatization in health entered national consciousness, and became part of national discourse.”
“Teachers have the greatest responsibility, but the enormous salary lag compared to top government officials is despicable.”
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“To generate profits, Apec and other similar chains, employ fewer and unqualified teachers and provide facilities which do not comply to standards. What’s quite regrettable in this regard, and almost scandalous, is that the government has waived regulations that exist in the provision of education, to satisfy the business interests of Pearson and Ayala.”
According to human rights group Karapatan, 85 percent of political prisoners were slapped with criminal charges, a clear violation of the Hernandez political doctrine, a Supreme Court jurisprudence that prohibits the criminalization of political dissent.
In the 2014 Impunity Index of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), the Philippines was ranked third next to Iraq and Somalia.
“We bring home victory: the support of a broad range of people to the people’s resistance in Mindanao, which is also the Filipino people’s struggle.”
A village in Kitaotao, Bukidnon is being militarized after its residents asserted their right to get drought assistance from government.
“These beacons of hope for the indigenous communities are now being shadowed over by the continuing threat of militarization and development aggression.”
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In the mountains, there are mining companies. In the plains, the plantations occupy the land.”
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“This is not just seeking sanctuary, but also our protest, to demand respect for us indigenous people, not just in Mindanao, but the whole country.”
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Like their students, the young teachers of Alcadev are just as afraid and traumatized. But the tragedy was the crucible that strengthened their resolve to continue to serve and teach the Lumad youth.
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As “force multipliers” for the Philippine Army, paramilitary groups were also multipliers of its human rights abuses in the past four decades.
Instead of benefiting from the development projects, farmers could now hardly tend to their fields, afraid that soldiers would harass and brand them as members or supporters of the NPAs.
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