In 2010, the New Zealand Attorney-General Chris Finlayson presented a report to Parliament on the proposed changes to the Electoral Act, under the Electoral
Author: Louie Encabo
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It is said that the Mayor of Auckland is the third most powerful person in New Zealand, after the Prime Minister and Finance Minister,
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The once peaceful province of Negros Oriental has become the de facto killing fields of the Philippines in the past few years, with the
The demonisation of indigenous schools continues
In July 2017, President Rodrigo Duterte declared during a televised news conference that indigenous Lumad schools were “teaching children to rebel against the government”
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Many thought that when President Rodrigo Duterte intervened and made a “decision” on who the next House Speaker will be that the infighting within