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BY SR. STELLA MATUTINA, OSB DEMOCRATIC SPACE Posted by Bulatlat I am Sr. Stella Matutina, a member of Order of St. Benedict (OSB) assigned in Dawan Parish, Mati, Davao Oriental. This year will be my second year of staying here in the Philippines. Previously, I was assigned abroad, in Europe, particularly, for 18 years, doing…

The spokesperson of an environmentalist group in Southern Mindanao said that the setting up of the Investment Defense Force (IDF) and the mining liberalization policy of the Arroyo regime ‘further strengthen the previous military support granted by the Arroyo regime to large-scale and foreign mining corporations.’ BY BULATLAT HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH A broad alliance of…