In a statement issued today (July 30, 2016), the New People’s Army clarified why it did not ‘abide’ by the unilateral ceasefire issued by President Rodrigo Duterte on July 25. [Bisaya »] The New People’s Army Regional Operations Command avers that there is no conspicuous and veritable unilateral ceasefire exercised by AFP, PNP and paramilitary
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Inday Espina-Varona shared Mark Z. Saludes’s post. 32 mins ·, July 23, 2016, FB Mark Z. Saludes, thank you. For choosing humanity over carnage and thus, highlighting what the latter does to us. But greater thanks for training the lens back at yourself and photojournalism. The spareness of your words, the anguish in the face
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Philippine Daily Inquirer July 24, 2016 Thou shall not kill. The Sixth Commandment is the message for President Duterte that will emanate from a Mass which the Archdiocese of Manila will hold Monday afternoon as he delivers his first State of the Nation Address (Sona) to Congress. The Mass will mark the launching of the
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Priest asks: Where’s the moral outcry for life? Fr. Amado Picardal, CSsR MANILA, July 13, 2016— Amid the rising death toll of drug-related violence, a Catholic priest said what is more alarming is the public silence against extrajudicial killings. Redemptorist Fr. Amado Picardal, a known human rights advocate, said the problem is unlikely to stop
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Dahong Pilipino July 14, 2016 Filipinos in Vancouver led by Treenee Lopez of the Global Pinoy Diaspora Canada celebrated the decision of the United Nations-backed Permanent Court of Arbitration in the case filed by the Philippines against China for its illegal occupation of its territories in the West Philippine Sea by holding a rally in
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Enforcement “will depend on the conduct of other affected states and the international community in general.” rappler.com MANILA, Philippines – Now that the Philippines won its historic case against China over the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), the question is how to enforce this ruling given that there is no international police to
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PROF. JOSE MARIA SISON WELCOMES AND IS ELATED BY TODAY’S RULING OF ARBITRAL TRIBUNAL RE PHILIPPINES VERSUS PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA By Prof. Jose Maria Sison Founding Chairman, Communist Party of the Philippines, NDFP Chief Political Consultant & Chairperson, International League of Peoples’ Struggle, July 12, 20i6 I welcome and I am elated by the
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Breaking Tribunal rules China has no legal basis to claim historic rights to disputed territory in the South China Sea. An arbitration tribunal in The Hague has rejected China’s claims to economic rights across large swaths of the South China Sea, in a ruling that will be claimed as a victory by the Philippines. Al
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Cardinal Tagle is a ‘Catholic rock star’; President Duterte scorns the Pope and believes in an eye for an eye. Both are loved by the people — so who will prevail Catholic Herald Luke Coppen, Editor July 7, 2016 Only one cardinal had their own campaign song at the last conclave. Not an official one, of
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Robredo is housing czar Finally, a Cabinet post for Vice President Ma. Leonor “Leni” Robredo, the Inquirer reports today, July 7. According to the report, President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed Robredo as head of the government’s Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC), Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar confirmed Thursday.(July 7 in the Philippines)
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