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From left: Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Jesus Dureza, GRP chief negotiator Silvestre Bello III, GRP panel member Hernani Braganza and GRP panel member Atty. Angela Librado-Trinidad. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

STANDPOINT | Commitment of GRP, NDFP remain strong – Bello

There are reasons to hope we can hurdle the task we meant to accomplish in these talks. From the pre-meeting of the panels held last night to finalize our discussion agenda today, I see the same commitments of both parties that animated us during the past round of talks to remain strong.

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STANDPOINT | An Open Letter to Pilipino Banana Growers and Exporters Association

Madaum Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Association, Inc., (MARBAI) is an association comprised of 159 member agrarian reform beneficiaries of mostly banana farmers, workers, planters and growers. Our organization existed as an offshoot to our collective efforts to recognize our rights to a fair livelihood in order for us to function as a productive force in the industry we helped build.

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Read more about the article 7 years after Ampatuan Massacre: Case delays blight any hope for justice
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7 years after Ampatuan Massacre: Case delays blight any hope for justice

November 23, 2009 is a day that will forever live in infamy, not only for the Philippine media community, which lost 32 of its own in what is now acknowledged as the single deadliest attack on the press on record, but also the for the country’s body politic, for which the slaughter was the worst incident of electoral violence in the country’s recent history.

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