Duterte silences his loudest critic By Ted Alcuitas In a dramatic end to a long standing opposition to President Rodrigo Duterte’s ‘war on drugs’ and its resulting extrajudicial killings , Senator Leila de Lima surrendered herself to police on Friday, February 24. “It’s an honor to be jailed for what I’m fighting for,” Senator Leila
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Updated: February 8, 2017, 6:50 PM Duterte cancels peace talks with Reds By Ted Alcuitas Peace talks between the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and the Philippine government has collapsed, a month after a much publicized 48th anniversary of the New People’s Army (NPA). The on again of again peace negotiations which has been
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By: Jhesset Enano, Leila B. Salaverria – @inquirerdotnetPhilippine Daily Inquirer / 12:53 AM January 26, 2017 President Duterte holds a copy of the book “Altar of Secrets,”which he misquoted to launch new attacks on the Catholic Church. —JOAN BONDOC President Duterte holds a copy of the book “Altar of Secrets,”which he misquoted to launch new
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Philippines President Duterte’s List He has the names of more than a million supposed drug dealers and corrupt officials in the Philippines. In this violent new drug war, who is determining who dies? New York Times Magazine By PATRICK SYMMESJAN January 10, 2017 President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines waved a thick sheaf of papers
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InterAksyon.com The online news portal of TV5 MANILA – Sixteen people were wounded in a grenade explosion outside a Catholic church during a Christmas eve mass in Midsayap town in North Cotabato late Saturday evening, a priest and police said on Saturday. Residents told InterAksyon.com the blast happened just as the Sto. Niño Shrine was
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Canadian drowns while trying to save drowning woman A Moncton, N.B. man drowned while trying to save a Filipina swimmer in Casiguran, Aurora Province on Wednesday (Dember 21) CBC News reports. Citing GMA News, CBC said both the man and the woman drowned. Gerald Arthur of Moncton, N.B., 48, was holidaying in the Philippines with his Filipina
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U.S. stops aid package to PH over rights concerns (UPDATED) The country’s socioeconomic planning chief, however, says he ‘won’t lose sleep’ over the loss of the grant Rappler.com Published 5:14 PM, December 15, 2016 Updated 8:18 PM, December 15, 2016 MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – The United States has not renewed a major aid package to
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Expose Duterte’s demonic lies, brutality to protect all Filipinos By: Ted Laguatan – @inquirerdotnet INQUIRER.net US Bureau / 02:57 AM December 15, 2016 When we sincerely seek to do good, when we speak the truth, when we try to prevent evil, when we are kind to people, when we help them, when we seek justice,
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The Opinion Pages Standing Up to a Strongman Contributing Op-Ed Writer By MIGUEL SYJUCO DEC. 11, 2016 A rally in suburban Quezon near Manila, on Nov. 30, to protest the re-burial of the late Ferdinand Marcos at the Heroes’ Cemetery. Credit Bullit Marquez/Associated Press MANILA — Dusk set silver-gray over the crowd gathered in a
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Rappler December 5, 2016 MANILA, Philippines – It was an unlikely union forged not by their own choices but by Filipinos who voted for them. With too little common ground between President Rodrigo Duterte and Vice President Leni Robredo, their alliance was bound to end – and break it did, barely 6 months into
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