Arroyo’s ‘End-Game’ Strategy Spells Disaster to Civil Liberties and the Peace Process — IID

All avenues to the peaceful resolution of the armed conflicts that are now raging throughout the country must be pursued relentlessly more particularly by a government that pledged to root…

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GMA?s Counter-Revolutionary Fantasy Is a Costly Misadventure ? NDF Southern Mindanao

The additional P1 billion allocation to fund Gloria Macapagal Arroyo?s pipe dream of crushing the New People?s Army in two years is nothing but a display of fascist braggadocio typical…

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Bearing the Brunt

Pupils in a Davao public school. (davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylkan)As classes open, teachers contend with poor school facilities while parents are confronted with the sheer economics of educating their children. And the kids? The education department inSouthern Mindanao has found a novel, if exploitative, way to make them pay for the government?s negligence and shortcomings.

By Cheryll D. Fiel
davaotoday.com

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