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MASSACRE SITE. Erita Capion, sister-in-law of Juvy Capion, presents to the Benedictine nuns the details of the “Tampakan Massacre” Sunday during a forum at St. Scholastica College in Manila. Juvy Capion and her two young sons were “massacred” by the 27th Infantry Battalion last October. (davaotoday.com photo by Alex D. Lopez)

Swiss-owned mining firm to face int’l HR tribunal for rights violations

Swiss mining giant Glencore will go on trial before the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHCR) in Geneva this month for “troubling human rights violations in the Philippines.”

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Read more about the article Teachers to wear black armbands vs. corruption, low pay

Teachers to wear black armbands vs. corruption, low pay

Teachers across the country mounted a protest action today dubbed as “Black armband Friday” to demand increase in their salary and to condemn President Benigno Aquino III’s "arrogant defense" of his controversial use of government savings called Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP).

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Read more about the article IP group scores Aquino for rising deaths, displacements of indigents

IP group scores Aquino for rising deaths, displacements of indigents

An organization of tribal communities on Wednesday scored on the Aquino administration over “the escalating deaths and displacements of Lumads in the country because of large-scale mining projects, and of the implementation of counter insurgency program Oplan Bayanihan”.

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Read more about the article Activists set series of protests for PNoy’s SONA

Activists set series of protests for PNoy’s SONA

Progressive groups have set a series of street protests this week to expose the "lies and failure of the government in addressing corruption, poverty, national security, human rights and environment" in time for President Benigno Aquino III's 4th State of Nation Address (Sona) on July 28.

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