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[In the news] Hontiveros on ‘patterns of injustice’ victimizing Filipino farmers | INQUIRER.net

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By: Charie Abarca – @inquirerdotnet INQUIRER.netMarch 04, 2024 Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday raised the need to address alleged patterns of agrarian reform reversals and land reconsolidation that have affected Filipino farmers previously issued Certificate of Land Ownership Awards. In a privilege speech delivered during Monday’s plenary session, Hontiveros said her office has received “alarming reports” from people’s organizations on

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[In the news] Cha-Cha Train To Get Going This Year – Lawmakers | OneNews.ph

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Cha-Cha Train To Get Going This Year – LawmakersDelon PorcallaJanuary 2, 2024 “The task ahead is to pave the way for major, long-overdue structural economic reforms, including economic Charter change,” Marikina 2nd District Rep. Stella Luz Quimbo said. Regardless of what its bicameral partner, the Senate, wants, the House of Representatives is bent on pursuing this year its plan to

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[From the web] Rights groups see new light towards justice in ICC drug war probe resumption | RAPPLER

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Rights groups see new light towards justice in ICC drug war probe resumption Human rights groups on Friday, January 27, welcomed the “much awaited” decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to resume the investigation into the violent war on drugs under former president Rodrigo Duterte. The Philippine Coalition for the International Criminal Court (PCICC) said that the move “brings

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[In the news] Twitter suspends over 300 accounts of Marcos Jr. ‘supporters’ | GMA News

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Twitter suspends over 300 accounts of Marcos Jr. ‘supporters’By ANNA FELICIA BAJO, GMA News Social media platform Twitter disclosed Friday that over 300 accounts from the supporter base of former senator and presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. have been suspended. According to Twitter, it has conducted a review on the accounts and hashtags recently mentioned by a Rappler report.

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[In the news] Leody de Guzman says he’s not invited to GMA-7 interview of presidential hopefuls | INQUIRER.net

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Leody de Guzman says he’s not invited to GMA-7 interview of presidential hopefuls Presidential aspirant and labor leader Ka Leody de Guzman on Saturday said he was not invited to Presidential Interviews of GMA 7 News and Public Affairs hosted by Jessica Soho. Despite this, De Guzman will have a Facebook live stream on the official page of Partido Lakas

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[in the news] CHR pushes for passage of bill protecting human-rights workers | Inquirer.net

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#HumanRights #Protection CHR pushes for passage of bill protecting human-rights workers The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has called for the passage of a bill that seeks to protect human-rights workers in view of recent attacks on activists and members of progressive organizations. According to CHR, House Bill No. 9199 or the Human Rights Defenders (HRD) Protection Bill should be

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[In the news] Diokno: Even social media posts could be considered terrorism under anti-terror law -GMAnews

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#HumanRights #ScrapTerrorLaw Diokno: Even social media posts could be considered terrorism under anti-terror law Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that even Filipinos who exercise their basic rights on social media may be considered as committing terrorism crimes under the assailed Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020. Diokno, one of a handful of lawyers representing 37 sets

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[In the news] Loose firearms: Linchpin for gun-related violence -BM

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#HumanRights #Violence Loose firearms: Linchpin for gun-related violence THEN the loud pop-pop-pop of a gun is heard, some people in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (Barrm) dive for their mobile phones. Soft tick-tick-ticks form on a glowing screen. And when the typist hits send, the words reach the Critical Events Monitoring System, or CEMS, a SMS-based reporting system

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[In the news] Duterte gov’t ends 1989 deal barring troops from UP -Rappler.com

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#HumanRights #Freedoms Duterte gov’t ends 1989 deal barring troops from UP The Duterte administration through the Department of National Defense (DND) ended the government’s decades-long accord with the University of the Philippines (UP) that prevented state forces from entering its campuses. In a letter dated January 15, DND Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said the accord was “terminated or abrogated effective this

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[In the news] Angel Locsin: ‘Kung magkaiba tayo ng paniniwala, hindi ibig sabihin pwede mo na ako i-red tag’ -INQUIRER.net

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#HumanRights #NoToRedTagging Angel Locsin: ‘Kung magkaiba tayo ng paniniwala, hindi ibig sabihin pwede mo na ako i-red tag’ “Kung mag kaiba tayo [ng paniniwala], hindi ibig sabihin pwede mo na ako i-red tag. Hindi tayo magkakalaban dito.” (If we have different views, that doesn’t mean you can red tag me. We are not enemies here.) This was what Angel Locsin

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