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Read more about the article Groups to Duterte: you denied the Moro people’s self-determination in tackling Maute problem
WOMEN'S VOICE. Women traditional leaders from Marawi call on the government to stop the airstrikes to prevent further damage on civilian lives and properties in the city as the fighting with extremist groups and the government continues to its 24th day, Thursday, June 15. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

Groups to Duterte: you denied the Moro people’s self-determination in tackling Maute problem

President ?Rodrigo ?Duterte has committed an injustice against the Moro people with the continuing onslaught of the military in Marawi City,? a progressive Moro ?organization said?.

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Read more about the article No change in farmers’ situation on Duterte’s first year-KMP
More than a hundred agrarian reform beneficiaries wait for their installation outside the disputed San Isidro farm area in Barangay San Isidro, Tagum City. Their installation was postponed for the second time on Friday, April 21, 2017 as the guards inside the plantation refused to receive the installation order from the Department of Agrarian Reform. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

No change in farmers’ situation on Duterte’s first year-KMP

President Rodrigo Duterte's promises of change appear to be running shy of expectations, at least for farmer leader Pedro Arnado, chairperson of the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas Southern Mindanao Region.

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Read more about the article STUDENTS’ PROTEST
A Lumad student holds an English textbook smeared with red paint to portray the attack against their school by paramilitary groups. The Lumad students protest outside the military’s headquarters in Panacan, Davao City on Friday, June 30. (Bhong Del Rosario/Kilab Multimedia)

STUDENTS’ PROTEST

A Lumad student holds an English textbook smeared with red paint to portray the attack against their school by paramilitary groups. The Lumad students protest outside the military’s headquarters in Panacan, Davao City on Friday, June 30. (Bhong Del Rosario/Kilab Multimedia)

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Read more about the article STATEMENT | Duterte’s tug of war between progressives and reactionaries
President Rodrigo R. Duterte answers queries from members of the media after administering the oath of office for the newly-appointed undersecretaries of different government agencies at the Rizal Hall of the Malacañan Palace on August 1, 2016. ACE MORANDANTE/PPD

STATEMENT | Duterte’s tug of war between progressives and reactionaries

The first year of the Duterte administration has been a virtual tug-of-war between those pursuing genuine and thorough-going reforms and those defending the status quo. However, it seems that in Duterte's first year, the Right--the militarists, the imperialists' lackeys and the neoliberals-- had pulled the rope farther to their side. Essentially, while the Duterte administration has initiated some pro-people programs and policies, yet, over-all it is the same mainly pro-imperialists, neoliberal, anti-poor and repressive policies pushed by the pro-US, militarists and neoliberals in the Duterte cabinet that are dominant.

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Read more about the article Green group hits MGB for reversing DENR mining reforms

Green group hits MGB for reversing DENR mining reforms

An environmental group expressed dismay on the decision of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau for reversing the mining reforms implemented by former environment secretary Gina Lopez, a day after Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte concluded his first year as the country’s chief executive.

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