How can a plunderer get a hero’s burial while petty criminals are shot and dumped in the streets? Opinion Miguel Syjuco The New York Times Sept. 6, 2016 MANILA- Mornings in the Philippines reveal bodies dumped outside slums. Averaging 13 a day, nearly 2,000 in the last two months, the bodies are hung with cardboard […]
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By: Boying Pimentel @inquirerdotnet INQUIRER.net US Bureau 02:42 AM September 6th, 2016 The leader who instigated a bloodbath that has killed 2,000 Filipinos wants to honor a dictator who murdered 3,000 and tortured tens of thousands more. It’s a troubling, challenging time. But also a time of resistance and struggle. On September 7, Filipino
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Obama snubs Duterte By Ted Alcuitas President Barack Obama canceled a planned meeting with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, in a rare diplomatic rupture that follows an outbreak of tensions between two close allies over the Philippines’ new drug war, The Wall Street Journal reports. The White House said last week that Mr. Obama was
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THE Supreme Court (SC) has ordered a 20-day halt on the planned burial of the late President Ferdinand Marcos at Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB), Sunstar reports. In an en banc session Tuesday,(August 23 in Manila) the high tribunal issued a 20-day Status Quo Ante Order (SQAO) that would prohibit the respondents in the case
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Posted August 21, 2016 Remembering Ninoy Aquino By Ted Alcuitas August 21, 1983 This day in history would have been just another day to commemorate the 33rd anniversary of the assassination of the late Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr. We remember “Ninoy” who died on August 21, 1983 as he returned to the Philippines after a
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Students from the UBC Philippine Studies Series staged their own ‘Track-side DIY Assemby’ at last Sunday’s Pinoy Fiesta in Vancouver. The students engaged the crowd about the #marcosNOTahero campaign. Here are some of the responses: – Hindi talaga bayani! (Marcos is definitely not a hero!) – Bakit kailangang ilibing doon? (Why does Marcos have to be buried
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GMA News Walden Bello tells Duterte: Addressing poverty, not killings, the way to solve drug problem Killings Published August 12, 2016 5:47pm By ROSE-AN JESSICA DIOQUINO, GMA News Former Akbayan Rep. Walden Bello said killings will not solve the country’s drug problem. Bello, who spoke Friday as part of a coalition called In Defense of
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Public to support Duterte even if he declares martial law, says Panelo Published August 11, 2016 3:03pm People will continue to support President Rodrigo Duterte, even if he declares martial law, his chief legal counsel Salvador Panelo said. In his report, radio dzBB’s Benjie Liwanag quoted Panelo as saying he was confident Duterte would still
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Where’s the neck brace? On the day the Supreme Court freed her from plunder, former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was pictured smiling and without her neck brace, reports Rappler.com. According to Rappler.com, netizens called her out for this because the Pampanga 2nd district representative is suffering from multiple cervical spondolysis or the wearing off of the
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The Guardian Damien Gayle August 2, 2016 Human rights groups call on UN to denounce killings of suspected users and dealers since Rodrigo Duterte won presidential election in May More than 700 suspected drug users or dealers have been killed by police or vigilantes in the Philippines in less than three months, say human rights
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