Read more about the article Surigao IP leader, anti-mining activist, gunned down
Veronico “Nico” Lapsay Delamente, 27, was shot dead at around 12:20 noon last Friday in Punta Naga, Brgy. Caagdianao, according to Kalipunan ng Mga Katutubong Mamayan ng Pilipinas.

Surigao IP leader, anti-mining activist, gunned down

A leader of Mamanwa tribe was gunned down by unidentified gunmen riding a motorcycle on Friday, Jan. 20 in Claver, a mining town in Surigao del Norte.

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Read more about the article Licuanan’s remark on free tuition for SUCs ‘insensitive, elitist’—De Vera
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Licuanan’s remark on free tuition for SUCs ‘insensitive, elitist’—De Vera

This was how Commission on Higher Education Commissioner Prospero De Vera III described the statement of CHED Chair Patricia Licuanan when she pointed out that the P8.3B allocation will not help the poor because majority have stopped schooling and are no longer enrolled in universities.

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NDFP highlights need for genuine agrarian reform 30 years after Mendiola massacre 

The National Democratic Front of the Philippines said the lack of justice, 30 years after the Mendiola massacre shows the need for the country to have a genuine agrarian reform program.

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What PHL can learn when Obama commutes the prison sentence of Wikileaks whistleblower?

If there’s one lesson that the Philippine government could learn from US President Barack Obama 's decision on commuting the prison term given to the "Wikileaks" man, it is the government’s treatment of whistleblowers.

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CHED’s Licuanan slammed for being ‘anti-student, anti-poor’

The National Union of Students of the Philippines hit out Commission on Higher Education Chairperson Patricia Licuanan as “anti-student and anti-poor” on her remark regarding the new policy of free tuition in state universities and colleges.

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