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President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his speech during the 102nd Annual Communication of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of the Free and Accepted Mason in the Philippines at the SMX Convention Center in Davao City on April 26, 2018. (Malacañang photo)

Mindanaoan students join petition for Duterte’s resignation over pandemic crisis

Post author:Gwyneth Marie Vasquez
Post published:April 22, 2021
Post category:Governance Headline Mass Movement Politics
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Student leaders from the University of the Philippines (UP) Mindanao are among those who signed an online petition calling for President Rodrigo Duterte’s resignation over his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Photo from bangsamoro.gov.ph

Hopes up for Bangsamoro interim extension until 2025

Post author:JIGGER J. JERUSALEM
Post published:March 9, 2021
Post category:Headline Politics
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Hopes are high for Congress to approve the extension of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) until 2025 for it to have some leeway to respond to the exacerbating problems resulting from COVID-19 and establish institutions for self-governance in the Bangsamoro region.

Aftermath of the killing of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) Cavite coordinator Manny Asuncion inside the Workers Assistance Center (WAC) office in Dasmarinas city, Cavite early morning of March 7. (Photo courtesy of PAMANTIK-KMU)

Bloody Sunday: 5 activists dead, mass arrests in Southern Tagalog

Post author:BULATLAT
Post published:March 7, 2021
Post category:Headline Human Rights
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Five activists were killed and at least three others were arrested in what appeared to be government crackdown on progressives in Southern Luzon early this morning, March 7.

Lawyer who petitioned against Anti-Terror Act stabbed with screwdriver

Post author:KEN E. CAGULA
Post published:March 5, 2021
Post category:Anti-terror law Headline Human Rights Special Coverage
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A human rights lawyer who is among the co-counsel of a petition to the Supreme Court against the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 was stabbed in the head on Wednesday March 3, prompting colleagues to raise concern.

Mayor’s response to ‘Run, Sara, Run’: wait ‘til 2034

Post author:KATH M. CORTEZ
Post published:February 23, 2021
Post category:Headline Politics
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With huge billboards sprouting over the country in the past weeks egging Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio to run for the presidency next year, the mayor said she is not changing her decision to run for the country’s highest post.

Mindanaoan students join petition for Duterte’s resignation over pandemic crisis

Hopes up for Bangsamoro interim extension until 2025

Bloody Sunday: 5 activists dead, mass arrests in Southern Tagalog

Lawyer who petitioned against Anti-Terror Act stabbed with screwdriver

Mayor’s response to ‘Run, Sara, Run’: wait ‘til 2034

Mother recounts decade-long search for justice over son’s death in drug operation

Pax Silica Initiative: Mindanao eyed to supply raw materials, cheap labor

EDITORIAL: Preventing the next school shooting goes beyond security drills

Kadayawan festival draws scrutiny from Davao indigenous groups

ACT flags P107.4-B flood-control allocation amid 160,000-classroom gap nationwide