Philippines: Supreme Court Asked to Order Pullout of Troops from Manila Communities

Bayan Muna has provided the full text of its petition asking the Supreme Court to order the pullout of soldiers in Metro Manila’s communities. The petition is scheduled to be filed today at 1 p.m.

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Nograles’s Kalahi Using Lumads in ‘Smear Campaign’ Vs Anakpawis, Others

Kalahi, the group of Karlo Nograles, the son of Davao City Rep. Prospero Nograles, has been accused of allegedly using Lumads to discredit Anakpawis and its allied partylist groups, calling these groups, as well Jeppie Ramada, who is running for councilor of the third district under Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s party, of being communists.

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Anakpawis Hits Military Campaign vs Partylists, Local Bet in ComVal

PANTUKAN, COMPOSTELA VALLEY–Compostela Valley is turning into a military garrison and the soldiers under the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) are showing their brand of fascism aiming to repress and manipulate local residents.

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Comelec list of nominees show Malaca?ang?s ?grand scheme? to undermine Philippines’s party list system

MANILA — The Bayan Muna party list today said that the COMELEC list of party list nominees confirms the Arroyo administration?s ?grand scheme to pack Congress with its own party list lackeys in order to thwart another impeachment complaint.?
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