Category Archives: Featured Article

[Featured Article] 28 killed in alleged political killings in Escalante under mayor’s term By Merck Maguddayao

28 killed in alleged political killings in Escalante under mayor’s term By Merck Maguddayao They always left their gates open. In this rural village of Libertad in Escalante City, Negros Occidental, the only forbidding entity for village chief Fernando and wife Teresita Damalerio were the neighborhood drunks who, after long drunken stupors would engage in shouting matches, chases, and fistfights.

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[Featured article] Ang Litrato ng Tatay Ko (Isang Pagbabahagi sa Araw ng Mga Nawawala) by Ron De Vera

Ang Litrato ng Tatay Ko (Isang Pagbabahagi sa Araw ng Mga Nawawala) August 30, 2013 Bata pa ako nung araw na mawala ang litrato ng tatay ko. May malakas na bagyo. Nabasa na nga ang nanay ko, kaya’t imbes na sumugod na naman sa ulan, pinili niyang manatili na lang sa bahay. Lalo na’t may sugat ang paa niya. Mahirap

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[Featured article] Terminated Peace Talks, Intensified Armed Conflict: What is to be done? By Soliman M. Santos, Jr.

Terminated Peace Talks, Intensified Armed Conflict: What is to be done? By Soliman M. Santos, Jr. Naga City, 27 May 2013 (55th birth anniversary of the late Jesse M. Robredo) For all intents and purposes, the peace negotiations between the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), as we have known it over

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[Featured Article] Only the rich can compete: it’s all about capital by Jade Lopez

Only the rich can compete: it’s all about capital This article was written by Jade Lopez for the community paper TULAY “To win a national position… you need a capital of at the very least 200 million pesos,” Professor Felipe B. Miranda has been studying Philippine politics for 40 years, “do not start with a paper approach; counting the number

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