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Solon sues ex-president Duterte over threat to kill her

Solon sues ex-president Duterte over threat to kill her

"Though factually baseless and clearly malicious, I cannot merely dismiss Respondent Duterte’s red-tagging and accompanying grave threats as either figurative, joking, or otherwise benign considering that many victims of extrajudicial killings, illegal arrest and detentions, excommunicado confinements, forced disappearances and other analogous attacks were called or labeled 'communists,' members or supporters of the NPA, “terrorists,” and like labels before they were attacked."

Market Watch | Farmers cannot afford rice these days, says group

Market Watch | Farmers cannot afford rice these days, says group

“We are justified in opposing high rice prices that burden consumers and even farmers who cannot afford it anymore. The public must strongly oppose and protest against exorbitant rice and food prices. However, Marcos Jr’s price ceiling and other palliative measures do not explain why rice is expensive in the country, and more importantly, none of these address the most basic problems of rice farmers."

For Filipino progressives, high time to reject IMF, World Bank neoliberal policies

For Filipino progressives, high time to reject IMF, World Bank neoliberal policies

“The World Bank and the IMF bear major responsibility for the widespread poverty in the Philippines through its imposition of onerous loan conditionalities and so-called development programs that resulted in higher prices, stagnant wages, union busting, cuts in social spending, higher regressive taxes, and displacement of farmers and indigenous peoples," said Raymond Palatino, Bayan secretary general.

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