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The first president from Mindanao failed to alleviate the poverty and to resolve the decades-long conflicts in the island.
#UndoingDuterte | The real ‘Duterte legacy’ in Mindanao
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Lawmakers, Moro rights advocate reject Martial Law proposal in Sulu
Lawmakers, Moro rights advocate reject Martial Law proposal in Sulu
BY DAVAO TODAY Davaotoday.com DAVAO CITY, Philippines – Lawmakers and a Moro human rights advocate reject calls from defense officials to declare Martial Law in Sulu following the wake of the twin blasts that killed 14 in Jolo. Bayan Muna Representative and Manobo...
Film and fascism: Notes on the first Cinema Kritika
Film and fascism: Notes on the first Cinema Kritika
That violence is normal and impunity inevitable, the very things we fought against during the first People Power uprising, are the same things this regime wants to make acceptable through Misyon, Bato, Children, and Mindanao so it could justify the Drug War and the Martial Law.
Enough of Duterte’s cesspool politics
Enough of Duterte’s cesspool politics
By LEON DULCE KALIBUTAN MANILA -- The vividly crass mouth of President Rodrigo Duterte supplies the perfect word to describe his administration’s environmental policy: ‘Cesspool.’ This is how Duterte described the pollution crisis in Boracay island to project a...
Davao City tightens security
Davao City tightens security
“Foot patrols (and) the checkpoints are 24/7. One of the stations at any one time should be conducting a checkpoint in the three entries to the city including the fourth from Samal Island.” — Chief Superintendent Jaime Morente, outgoing Regional Director of the Philippine National Police
Moro rights group protests vs Aquino’s ‘all-out justice,’ urges the people to defend human rights
Moro rights group protests vs Aquino’s ‘all-out justice,’ urges the people to defend human rights
Moro rights group protests vs Aquino's 'all-out justice,' urges the people to defend human rights
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Mindanaoans to Benefit from Peace Talks — InPeace
Mindanaoans to Benefit from Peace Talks — InPeace
A peace advocacy group in Mindanao expressed hopes that the resumption of peace talks between the government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) will address the roots of economic injustices in the south.
Peace Group Challenges Aquino: Probe Bombings, Military Connivance
Peace Group Challenges Aquino: Probe Bombings, Military Connivance
The peace advocacy group InPeace Mindanao calls on authorities to probe thoroughly the three recent bombings in Cotabato City and Sultan Kudarat, and challenged the Aquino government to do what the hawkish Arroyo administration had failed to do: uncover alleged...
Government’s “30 pieces of silver mentality” Allows Mining Disasters across the Country
Government’s “30 pieces of silver mentality” Allows Mining Disasters across the Country
We detest the Arroyo government’s rejection of the report of the independent commission investigating the Lafayette mine spills in Rapu-rapu island. Blinded by the glare of mining investments, Arroyo is willing to sell out the environment and patrimony of the...
Regime’s Counter-Insurgency Campaign Drives Mindanao Lumads Homeless
Regime’s Counter-Insurgency Campaign Drives Mindanao Lumads Homeless
By CHERYLL D. FIEL
Like the Moro in many parts of Mindanao, evacuation has become a way of life for the Lumads . They would rather sleep in schools, at village halls or town gymnasiums than stay in their villages and bear the brunt of military operations.
Slideshow: Muslims in Mindanao Mark End of Ramadan
Slideshow: Muslims in Mindanao Mark End of Ramadan
Muslims in Mindanao Mark End of Ramadan
MILF on Resumption of Peace Talks: ‘We Are Dealing with a Very Tricky Regime’
MILF on Resumption of Peace Talks: ‘We Are Dealing with a Very Tricky Regime’
Even as President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has announced during her State of the Nation Address that peace negotiations between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) are likely to resume before the end of this month, the MILF’s negotiating panel has expressed skepticism about whether or not the talks can go very far.
Amirah Ali Lidasan | How to Do Away with Abu Sayyaf
Amirah Ali Lidasan | How to Do Away with Abu Sayyaf
By AMIRAH ALI LIDASAN Davaotoday.com DAVAO CITY -- For the nth time, the Philippine government has declared an all-out war against the kidnap-for-ransom group Abu Sayaff. This came about after International Committee on the Red Cross volunteer Eugenio Vagni was...
Journalists Show Anti-Muslim, Anti-Gay Biases
Journalists Show Anti-Muslim, Anti-Gay Biases
Journalists in Cagayan de Oro grilled and insulted a young man arrested on suspicion that he robbed a taxi driver. But the insults had more to do with two unrelated facts: that the suspect was a Muslim and a homosexual. By HERBIE S. GOMEZ Bulatlat.com CAGAYAN DE...
Mindanao’s Child Evacuees Send Arroyo Messages of Hope
Mindanao’s Child Evacuees Send Arroyo Messages of Hope
“Mrs. President, we want to go back to our homes so that we can study well and support you. We have suffered enough.” This is just one of the messages scribbled in home-made cards that Mindanao’s child evacuees hope would get the attention of the new...
Bayan Condemns Spate of Bombings in Mindanao
Bayan Condemns Spate of Bombings in Mindanao
The umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan today condemned the four explosions that rocked Mindanao, particularly Jolo in Sulu, the city of Iligan and Lanao del Norte. “The explosions that resulted in civilian deaths are condemnable and cannot be justified. We...
Independent Probe Urge on Mindanao Bombings
Independent Probe Urge on Mindanao Bombings
Initiatives for Peace in Mindanao PRESS STATEMENT July 7, 2009 InPeace calls for independent probe on bombings InPeace Mindanao calls for an independent probe on the bombings in Mindanao that will also look into a military plot intended to stage emergency rule. We...
Slideshow: A Deepening Humanitarian Crisis in Maguindanao
Slideshow: A Deepening Humanitarian Crisis in Maguindanao
A Humanitarian Crisis Deepens in Maguindanao
Tell That to the Marines
Tell That to the Marines
No matter how successful the government may be in conjuring a picture of improved peace and order conditions in Mindanao, the truth is bound to emerge sooner or later, as in the latest Basilan incident. BY CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise/Business World Posted by...
Moro Groups Urge OIC to Junk Philippines’s Bid for Observer Status
Moro Groups Urge OIC to Junk Philippines’s Bid for Observer Status
By ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat MAKATI CITY, Philippines – Hundreds of members of various Moro groups flocked today to the embassies of Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) here to protest the Arroyo government’s application...
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