Lumad leader, farmer-activist killed in their homes
“The [State] wants to silence anyone – especially the farmers here in Bukidnon – who is strongly calling for genuine agrarian reform in the country,” Anglao said.
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What will it take to combat digital authoritarianism in Southeast Asia?
Applied to the Philippines and the rest of Southeast Asia, digital authoritarianism refers to how the internet has been weaponized in aid of existing authoritarian regimes. It signifies the use of the online tools that many hoped would empower citizens for mass surveillance and the promotion of divisive hate speech.
Migrante asks UN to conduct investigations on killings in PH
Migrante recalled the killing of 17-year old Kian delos Santos in August 2017 by police operatives who collared the youngster, dragged him across a dark alley and summarily killed. The victim was the son of a Saudi-based domestic worker.
Teachers’ plaint
Then Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte did promise to raise teachers’ salaries in 2015 when he was thinking of running for President. He has since promised it eight more times since he came to power, but it hasn’t happened.
Prices still higher now than since start of Duterte admin
The group said that food prices will continue to increase as long as government neglects Philippine agriculture and the country becomes further dependent on imports.
Fernandez urges NPA in Negros to defend farmers from rights violations
“The revolutionary forces must bring the struggle to a higher stage as the systematic campaign against the peasants and the activists have become much worse since I was last there,” Fernandez said.
Relentless red-tagging in Cagayan de Oro ‘scary and dangerous’
“I feel they will not stop until one of us in the list is killed,” Corrales told Kodao.
Duterte administration being dishonest about economic ‘gains’
The government’s Php69.50 daily per capita poverty threshold and only Php48.60 subsistence or food threshold in the first semester of 2018 are absurdly low and not conceivably enough to meet decent minimum standards for food, shelter, transportation, health care, and education, stressed Africa.
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MGB hit for ‘lawyering’ for embattled Aussie mine firm
According to Dulce, OceanaGold’s operations are also “chronically exposing” the important biodiversity corridor of Caraballo mountain range to air, noise, and water pollution.