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For ILPS Philippines, these agreements are not merely defense arrangements. They further integrate the country into Washington's military operations and its First Island Chain strategy against China.
Nine years later, the family still has no definitive answers about who killed their son, why the gunmen targeted him, and whether authorities thoroughly investigated the shooting.
A significant part of the ruling concerned the Strengthening Assistance for Government Infrastructure and Social Programs (SAGIP).
The criminal sanction for Philippine libel laws is “excessive”
"If they prohibit us from fishing, where would we go?"
The Super El Niño, land-use conversion and human rights abuses are among the key issues aggravating the plight of rural folk.
The workers reiterated their demand for a P1,200 (US$18.92) national minimum wage.
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“It spits in the face of the victims of human rights violations whose lives were robbed while the Marcoses lived an extravagant lifestyle."
The Lumad community used to occupy more than a hectare only of the 2,000 hectares of Sëzukadang. However, they were able to reclaim a total of seven hectares now through reforestation.
Consumers expect their items to arrive in a snap. But this is not simply because of technology – but because of the women workers’ labor inside those massive warehouses.
"We hope there will be no more mining projects and that these mining companies will leave, because I know that mining is not the only way a community can achieve progress."
"Marcos is at the top, and those at the lower levels cannot be the only ones held accountable."
From the island and mountains of Rizal to the watershed of Samar Island, wind energy projects are being built on the forests that protect communities from floods and landslides.
“As researchers and members of alternative media groups, we do not confine ourselves to social media, secondhand, thirdhand information. We do not confine ourselves to desks."
“This success in Dupax del Norte is a success against mining all over the Philippines."
“The more we speak, the more they target us,” Sheerah Escudero, sister of drug war victim Ephraim Escudero, told Bulatlat in Filipino. “Even the dead were not spared. They tell me, ‘How about the victims of drug addicts like your brother?’”
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Balikan natin kung bakit tinawag na ‘perfect failure’ ang pag-atake ng United States sa Bay of Pigs sa Cuba.
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