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Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno provides updates on the 2017 budget during a press briefing in Malacanan on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017. (Toto Lozano/Presidential Photo)

Makabayan solon hits Diokno appointment as BSP Governor

Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) party-list representative Antonio Tinio slammed the appointment of former Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Benjamin Diokno as the new governor of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP).

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Joma: Duterte’s story on son’s molestation by NPAs a pure lie

National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) chief political consultant Jose Maria Sison has branded President Rodrigo Duterte as inventor of a cock-and-bull story and emphasized that the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) will not discriminate women and LGBT in the recruitment of fighters of the New People's Army (NPA).

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Read more about the article STANDPOINT | Democracy is resisting tyranny
SNAP ELECTION. Workers from Davao City and Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur rode on a truck owned by the Aboitiz who supported then President Corazon Aquino. The rallyists gathered in Magsaysay Park, Davao City in support of the candidacy of Aquino and vice presidentiable Doy Laurel in 1986. (FILE PHOTO/davaotoday.com)

STANDPOINT | Democracy is resisting tyranny

The worsening arbitrary totalitarian rule that shamelessly unfolds before our eyes signals the deterioration of the state’s respect for human rights, valuation of human dignity, and respect for the common good. It adds great injury on our nation, which is now enduring the lashes of economic and social crises.

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