SWS Survey: Half of Pinoys say: Poll Failure to Trigger Revolt
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January 18, 2010
MANILA–Half of Filipino adults in the country believe that a failure of elections this May would trigger another bloodless revolt, according to the latest survey of Social Weather Stations. The... Read more »
Hunger rises to fresh high
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January 18, 2010
HUNGER AMONG Filipino families has risen to a fresh high, the Social Weather Stations (SWS) said, with one in four households claiming in a new poll that they experienced having nothing to eat. A fourth... Read more »
Jeffrey Reodica story on stage: A Tragic Death, A Brother’s Anguish
Dyan Ruiz
January 18, 2010
Interview with Joel Reodica and the players of ‘The Making of St. Jerome’ Jeffrey Reodica No tragedy rocked the Filipino community of the GTA more in recent years than the shooting of 17-year-old... Read more »
In 2009, Human Rights Took Serious Beating from Arroyo Regime
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January 18, 2010
Human-rights violations in 2009 are “numerous and varied and no sector of society is exempted,” belying the Arroyo government’s claim that steps have been taken to improve the Philippine government’s... Read more »
Talakayang Migrante 2010: Human Rights Violations in the Philippines Under the GMA Regime: Implications for Migrant Filipinos
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January 18, 2010
Please join us in a community forum: TALAKAYANG MIGRANTE 2010 Human Rights Violations in the Philippines Under the GMA Regime: Implications for Migrant Filipinos With Guest Speaker from the Philippines: Marie... Read more »
2010: Signs of hope and disquiet
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January 18, 2010
A priority agenda of the new government is to restore faith in government by mending the institutions that were undermined by the outgoing regime. (Read story…) Read More →
Hilao-Enriquez of Karapatan speaks in Toronto on Massacre in Maguindanao, Jan. 23
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January 18, 2010
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Land, Justice and the Peasantry
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January 18, 2010
Majority of victims of human-rights violations in the Philippines are peasants. They are the ones most denied not just land but justice. So any candidate for president who claims to be for justice should,... Read more »
Only human
Luis V. Teodoro
January 18, 2010
The central paradox of failing and failed states is their capacity to inflict the gravest harm on their perceived enemies, their own people, and on humanity at large, while being weak when it comes to... Read more »
What’s missing
Carol Pagaduan Araullo
January 18, 2010
The ongoing trial of foremost Maguindanao massacre suspect, Mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr., has raised hopes in some quarters that justice will be soon rendered to the 58 victims (57 whose remains have been... Read more »









