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Sal Panelo and Bikoy Matrix
The Philippines 
April 23, 2019

Can we trust the Government’s intelligence reports?

Posted By: Louie Encabo 1308 Views Association Matrix Between BIKOY and ELLEN TORDESILLAS, destabilization plot, featured, intelligence gathering, rodrigo duterte

After threatening to release intelligence reports that will implicate his political rivals for an alleged black propaganda against him, allies of President Rodrigo Duterte’s

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Drug war casualty and Imelda Marcos
The Philippines 
April 22, 2019April 24, 2019

Why I’m Voting (part 3): The rich and powerful are avoiding the justice system

Posted By: Louie Encabo 1672 Views 2019 philippine senatorial elections, Bong Revilla, featured, imelda marcos, jinggoy estrada, pork barrel scam

This is part 3 of an eight-part series covering the issues that will help me decide who I’m voting for in the May 2019

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Stop killing farmers protest photo
The Philippines 
April 21, 2019April 21, 2019

Why I’m Voting (part 2): Our farmers deserve better

Posted By: Louie Encabo 1716 Views 2019 philippine senatorial elections, agriculture in the philippines, featured, rice tariffication law, war on farmers

This is part 2 of an eight-part series covering the issues that will help me decide who I’m voting for in the May 2019

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Plastic waste pollution in the Philippines
The Philippines 
April 20, 2019

Why I’m Voting (part 1): The Philippines has a plastic waste problem

Posted By: Louie Encabo 1535 Views 2019 philippine senatorial elections, environment, featured, marine pollution, plastic waste problem

This is part 1 of an eight-part series covering the issues that will help me decide who I’m voting for in the May 2019

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Farmers protesting PNP chief Oscar Albayalde
The Philippines 
April 16, 2019April 18, 2019

Operation Sauron: the covert war happening in Negros Oriental

Posted By: Louie Encabo 2999 Views armed forces of the philippines, featured, oplan sauron, philippine national police, rodrigo duterte, war on farmers

In less than six months, the province of Negros Oriental has witnessed two different massacres killing a total of 20 people – mostly farmers

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The Philippines 
April 15, 2019April 18, 2019

The many reasons why the break-up of Palawan province is bad news

Posted By: Louie Encabo 2785 Views featured, pag-asa island, palawan, panatag shoal, people's republic of china, west philippine sea

With the stroke of President Duterte’s pen, the province of Palawan has been split into three new entities pending a plebiscite in 2020. Republic

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Traditional politicians Philippines
The Philippines 
April 12, 2019April 12, 2019

How long will we keep fooling ourselves that Filipinos want ‘change’?

Posted By: Louie Encabo 1837 Views 2019 philippine senatorial elections, Bong Revilla, featured, jinggoy estrada, senate of the philippines

Election after election we hear the purported clamor of Filipinos for “change”: a radical transformation of our politics, where the government genuinely represents the

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Ronald Cardema, Sarah Elago and Ang Probinsyano
The Philippines 
April 10, 2019

Amidst all the charade, there is only one genuine voice for Filipino youth in the 2019 mid-terms

Posted By: Louie Encabo 1769 Views 2019 philippine senatorial elections, ang probinsyano party-list, featured, kabataan party-list, mong palatino, ronald cardema, sarah elago

Under the 1987 Constitution, party-list groups exist to give voice to marginalized sectors. Among those sectors is the youth, and because of this there

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The Philippines 
April 9, 2019April 9, 2019

The Senate needs a true People’s Champ

Posted By: Louie Encabo 1651 Views 2019 philippine senatorial elections, bayan muna, featured, makabayan bloc, neri colmenares

We all know of Manny Pacquiao as the “People’s Champ”, a moniker he earned from his illustrious boxing career. He brought this sobriquet with

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Neri Colmenares and the Chico River irrigation project
The Philippines 
April 5, 2019April 7, 2019

Understanding the problematic Chico River Pump Irrigation project

Posted By: Louie Encabo 3556 Views chico river irrigation project, china debt trap, featured, neri colmenares

A project as ambitious as the Duterte administration’s “Build-Build-Build” infrastructure plan could not have gone through without becoming entangled in controversy, and it looks

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