It has been said that the conditions of women and children reflect the extent of poverty in a country because they are the most vulnerable to it. But as the history of March 8, as well as that of other people’s struggles in history show, women could also be the face of the struggle. By [...]

The bronze medals awarded to two military officers involved in the arrest and detention of the 43 health workers are symbols not of courage but of cowardice and paranoia of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. How else would one explain the abuses committed against the Morong 43? Just because this government can not wipe out the armed revolution in the countryside, it resorts to such despicable acts.
By FLON FAURILLO
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January 17th, 2012 at 4:42 pm
[...] public-private partnership (PPP) program. Violent demolitions of urban poor communities (such as in Corazon de Jesus in San Juan) amid lack of sustainable relocation, and the privatization and commercialization of [...]