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Pres. Duterte Consolidates Power with Recent Elections Sweep
A Press Statement by Friends of Akbayan USA: Defend democracy against Duterte New York – President Duterte’s allies swept last May 13’s Philippine midterm elections for the Senate, shutting out the opposition’s candidates. Among the new pro-Duterte senators are the former police enforcer of his deadly “war on drugs” against the poor, a daughter of […]
The Rhetoric of EDSA
Editor’s Notes By Marivir R. Montebon In 1986, the people power EDSA* uprising in the Philippines was a perfect synchronization of political decisiveness that toppled a dictator without bloodshed. It capped the long, bloody sacrifices of men and women, young and old to oppose the tyranny of Pres. Marcos. It was the peak of […]
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