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What Philippine President Marcos Said in New York

By admin | January 16, 2023

Written for The Diplomat The speech of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. at the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly and his bilateral meeting with United States President Joe Biden could be the highlight of his recent six-day working visit in New York, but his talks in other less prominent public activities also […]

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Indifference allows the powerful to oppress the weak

By admin | December 30, 2022

Published by the Philippine Daily Inquirer The court order granting a three-hour furlough to Reina Mae Nasino was narrowly interpreted by the police and jail authorities to deprive a grieving mother of a decent moment to bury her dead child. Authorities will probably inform the court that they complied with the order by bringing Reina […]

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IFEX Regional briefs: January, February, March 2022

By admin | December 23, 2022

January 2022. Winter Olympics in “a sea of repression”, anniversary of a coup, and a new law against workplace harassment. Will there be ‘sportswashing” of China’s human rights situation during the Winter Olympics? Myanmar’s crackdown on journalists and dissenters continues ahead of coup anniversary. Pakistan enacts a new law that aims to protect women from […]

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A Look at Philippine President Marcos’ ‘Unity Budget’ for 2023

By admin | December 17, 2022

Written for The Diplomat The government of Philippine President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. this week submitted a record 5.268 trillion pesos ($94 billion) 2023 budget to the House of Representatives. This is the highest-ever spending proposal sent to Congress. Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman described the proposed bill as “proactive […]

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Overkill deployment of troops for a grieving mom

By admin | December 12, 2022

Published by Bayan Metro Manila The police displayed utter disrespect towards the Nasino family for deploying dozens of armed troops when they escorted Reina Mae Nasino to attend the wake of her child Baby River. Authorities lied when they claimed that they lacked the personnel who can guard Nasino for the three-day furlough originally granted […]

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Did the Left Enable Duterte’s Deadly Regime?

By admin | December 4, 2022

Written on February 2018 Our emphatic response is no, but some are flaunting the question as if the issue is already settled. That the Left is guilty of political opportunism by collaborating with the government of Rodrigo Duterte; that it shed its revolutionary credentials by joining Duterte’s Cabinet; and that it was already shamefully late […]

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Affirming solidarity and redefining development during the pandemic

By admin | November 23, 2022

Published by Bulatlat A group of researchers and activists from across Asia gathered during the first week of April in Thailand to discuss the impact of the pandemic on the region’s marginalized communities and how people’s movements are putting forward an alternative model of development. The gathering was organized by the Asia Pacific Research Network […]

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Who is Dennise Velasco?

By admin | November 11, 2022

Published by Bulatlat Dennise is an activist, labor organizer, and human rights defender. I consider him a good friend since our days in the student movement in the late 1990s. He grew up in a working-class neighborhood in Valenzuela. He majored in management as an undergrad at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines. He became […]

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The First 30 Days of the Marcos Presidency

By admin | October 22, 2022

Published by The Diplomat Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will mark his first month as president of the Philippines on July 30. If his performance in the past month has been a glimpse of his leadership for the next six years, we can assume that his presidency will be substantially similar to that of his predecessor. Marcos […]

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Friends and foes of Filipinos in the fight for freedom

By admin | October 6, 2022

Published by Bulatlat The panelist at the SMNI forum with presidentiables echoed the rhetoric of the government’s anti-communist task force by asking the candidates if they consider the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP)-New People’s Army (NPA) a friend or enemy of the Filipino nation. It reflects the kind of thinking that dominated the long […]

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