Women in politics

While an increasing number of women occupy higher positions in local public offices such as mayor and vice-mayor, governor and vice-governor, their orientation does not automatically mean advocating and defending women human rights nor taking up issues of discrimination and gender equity.

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New Peoples' Army National Spokesperson Ka Oris (davaotoday.com file photo)

STANDPOINT | Turn bourgeois reactionary elections into the people’s advantage

The forthcoming national elections, as with all previous elections since the so-called EDSA I “people power revolution” and the parade of bogus republics in the past, will never be a genuine expression of the slogan “from the people, by the people and for the people” much less embody the hope for the vast underprivileged majority to become the real bosses of the country.

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EDITORIAL|Aquino’s roadblock to peace

The most recent clashes between the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and Moro armed groups in Lanao Del Sur and surrounding areas have forcibly driven around 6,000 to 10,000 Moro people out of their homes, and resulted to the deaths of yet unaccounted number of civilians.

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Undermining Patrimony: excerpts from a book review (Conclusive Part)

It is inevitable that Professor Simbulan’s review of the book Undermining Patrimony will proceed in the following observations and insights, deep into the more than overwhelming evidence from the information and data gathered firsthand by the triad, namely Panalipdan, Inpeace Mindanao and the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines.

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