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POSTS FOR "Day: January 19, 2011"
Philippines Eyes Peace Pact with Reds in 3 Years as Talks Resume

Philippines Eyes Peace Pact with Reds in 3 Years as Talks Resume

By MACEL INGLES
and RONALYN V. OLEA

In a major breakthrough, Manila and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines agreed to resume the formal negotiations in February and a possible ceasefire the same month. The government panel also agreed to release several political prisoners, even as it acknowledges that the NDFP, contrary to what the US government and the Philippine military have been saying, "is not a terrorist organization."

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News in Pictures: Dismissed LRT Employees Stage Protest Against Government ‘Double Standard’

News in Pictures: Dismissed LRT Employees Stage Protest Against Government ‘Double Standard’


MANILA -- LRT employees who were dismissed from work for having launched a crippling strike nearly a decade ago joined the RILES Network in condemning the “continued injustice and poverty in the supposedly righteous path of the Aquino government.” The workers protested in front of the offices of the Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) Tuesday -- with some of them getting their heads shaved -- a few hours before a scheduled consultation with DOTC’s assistant secretary for administrative and legal affairs Raquel Desiderio. (Photo by Marya Salamat / bulatlat.com)

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