The Philippine Star reported today what progressive and leftist groups have been saying all along — that the CIA, the FBI and other foreign spies have been operating in Mindanao for quite some time.
“Mindanao is crawling with CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) and even Australian federal agents,” a source told the paper.
Inquirer columnist Rina Jimenez-David describes as boring "Huling Baylan ng Buhi," the award-winning film by young Davao filmmaker Anthony Sherad Sanchez. (David actually used the word "soporific" but she was…
Bayan Muna has announced that Rep. Joel Virador, its representative in Congress from Davao and Mindanao, did not seek renomination during the party-list group’s national convention this week. He was, however, elected as executive vice president. According to Bayan Muna, Virador will focus on a “local race.”
Barely two weeks into 2007 and the office of Migrante International is already swamped with requests for assistance from detained overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and complaints of government inaction on these cases.
Defending a legislated wage increase is not just merely a result of one?s bleeding heart for the impoverished but has compelling empirical data that are interpreted in a way that seriously considers the rights and welfare of workers.