Some 5,000 peasants will gather in Cebu City from Oct. 17 to 20 to bring the issues of hunger, land and justice.
Visayan farmers, fisherfolk set to converge in Cebu for October protests
Day: October 11, 2017
Duterte’s Mocha/Mocha’s Duterte
BLOOD RUSH By SARAH RAYMUNDO It is not the case that “fake news” erodes democracy. Fake democracy yields “faith in fakes”(1) Yet in what was manufactured as a defense of truth, accountability and democracy, the Philippine Senate held a hearing on fake news. Notable propagandists of the Duterte regime were summoned and questioned on their…
Groups warn of renewed ‘witch-hunt’ on gov’t critics with revival of Arroyo-era agency
Like its predecessor, the IACLA will serve as a tool to muzzle dissent, groups say.