“Socioeconomic reforms that will benefit the people is the most compelling reason for the peace talks to continue.”
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‘Order to arrest NDFP consultants no legal basis’ – lawyer
“Only the courts which granted NDFP consultants temporary liberty by virtue of cash bail can act or order whether or not they can be validly rearrested, if at all, and not by the unilateral action of the PNP nor the AFP [Armed Forces of the Philippines, much less even by the mere instructions of the GRP President.”
As peace talks resume, release of political prisoners sought
“We have been waiting for so long. Why do our loved ones remain in detention?”
2017: Overcoming challenges towards forging genuine national development
When Rodrigo Duterte became president in mid-2016, many were confident that he would bring about genuine change in the country. Included in these hopefuls are the science and technology community, positive that his administration would cease the passive path on tackling scientific development treaded on by previous presidents, and instead undergo a track that will…
DO168 to worsen rather than end contractualization — KMU
“We cannot accept the continued legalization of contractualization and proliferation of agencies.”
On Duterte’s promise to end contractualization, workers, youth see no development
“The policies that would likely bring the people’s desired change would begin only if Duterte scrapped the neoliberal policies adopted by his predecessors and now by his economic team.”
Serious about ‘Change is coming’? | Duterte urged to drop the Marcoses
“In taking Duterte to task for having allowed a hero’s burial for Marcos, we are challenging him to stand for our people’s deepest feelings. We challenge him to break free of the Marcoses.”
Stop Marcos hero’s burial, CPP tells Duterte
The Communist Party of the Philippines said that GRP President Rodrigo Duterte “would virtually be spitting on the graves of the tens of thousands of martyrs who laid down their lives in the struggle to end the puppet, brutal and rotten Marcos dictatorship.”
Who’s afraid of the bully?
For the first time, a Philippine president did not try hard to please or act as a parrot of the US president.
NDFP insists use of command-detonated land mines permissible
“Mines designed to be detonated by the presence, proximity or contact of a vehicle as opposed to a person, that are equipped with anti-handling devices, are not considered anti-personnel mines as a result of being so equipped.”
Over 300 NGOs call for ‘human-rights based approach to drug control’
“Instead of ensuring the protection and rights of people who use drugs, including the right to health and provision of voluntary, evidence-based drug treatment and harm reduction services, President Duterte has called for them to be killed.”