Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 12:57:20 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte has approved until the end of 2019 the maintenance, availability and release of funds for victims of human rights abuses during the Marcos martial law.
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2019 11:51:01 +0000
Amid fears that the country is returning to the dark days of the martial law era, Vice President Leni Robredo said on Tuesday that martial rule is actually back.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2019 07:35:42 +0000
Senatorial candidate Samira Gutoc on Monday called on Filipinos to remember the spirit of the Edsa People Power Revolution, amid claims that Mindanaoans are ‘powerless’ due to the existing military rule.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2019 14:21:55 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — The administration of President Rodrigo Duterte is taking a turn towards the martial law era of former President Ferdinand Marcos, according to another former president who lived through the late strongman’s reign. Former President Benigno Aquino III, whose family has been long identified as political rivals of the Marcoses, said on Saturday […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 10:23:30 +0000
The SC “bowed down to the whims of the Executive branch” when it affirmed the legality of the 3rd extension of martial law in Mindanao.
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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 09:59:54 +0000
The Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) has welcomed the SC decision, upholding the legality of the 3rd martial law extension in Mindanao.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 09:51:44 +0000
Bayan Muna Chairman Neri Colmenares is apprehensive that the Supreme Court’s (SC) decision affirming the legality of the third martial law extension could pave the way for a nationwide martial law.
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Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 09:25:46 +0000
Former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile believes that martial law has been a critical factor in ensuring peace and order in the entire Mindanao region.
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 07:15:11 +0000
Despite the recent bombings in Jolo and Zamboanga City, Malacañang still believes that there is no need to expand martial law beyond Mindanao
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Read moreCredit to Author: JOMAR CANLAS, TMT| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 19:39:08 +0000
THE war isn’t over in Mindanao as the “specter of terrorism and rebellion continue to cast dark shadows on the country and we must steel ourselves for a long struggle…READ
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