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Stock photo of prisoner behind fence
New Zealand 
August 14, 2019August 15, 2019

Continuing to ban prisoners from voting contradicts New Zealand’s rich history of promoting suffrage

Posted By: Louie Encabo 1105 Views corrections new zealand, department of corrections, featured, incarceration rates for maori, peter quinn, prisoner voting rights, waitangi tribunal

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

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New Zealand 
August 12, 2019August 12, 2019

Ending the competition of lowering wages: the case for the Fair Pay Agreements

Posted By: Louie Encabo 974 Views Fair Pay Agreement, featured, income inequality New Zealand, race to the bottom, sector bargaining

When the working group on the Fair Pay Agreements (FPA) released their report last January, their findings gave a stark assessment of the state

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Abortion stock photo
New Zealand 
August 8, 2019

Abortion law reform: what is going on?

Posted By: Louie Encabo 1091 Views abortion laws in new zealand, featured, green party of aotearoa new zealand, new zealand first, new zealand labour party

What was initially hyped as the first major reform to New Zealand’s abortion law since 1977 is now in uncertain territory, as disagreements over

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Auckland City Rail Link and Bledisloe Stadium
New Zealand 
August 4, 2019

Why we need to pay attention to the Auckland local body elections

Posted By: Louie Encabo 1066 Views 2019 auckland local body elections, 2021 Americas Cup, auckland council, auckland transport, auckland waterfront stadium, city rail link, featured, john tamihere, phil goff

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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Dengvaxia vaccine Rodrigo Duterte collage
The Philippines 
August 1, 2019August 3, 2019

Political will or political gimmicks?

Posted By: Louie Encabo 1049 Views Dalian train coaches, Dengvaxia vaccine, featured, PCSO corruption, rodrigo duterte

Many were flummoxed when the Presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo expressed the current administration was open to reusing the controversial Dengvaxia vaccine in response to

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Build Build Build Mindanao Railway
The Philippines 
July 29, 2019

The Mindanao Gravy Train

Posted By: Louie Encabo 1370 Views build-build-build, featured, mindanao railway project

The Presidency of Rodrigo Duterte promised two things: first, that it would usher in a “golden era of infrastructure”, and second, that it will

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Lawyer Anthony Trinidad Rodrigo Duterte
The Philippines 
July 26, 2019July 26, 2019

A wave of violence kills 7 people in Negros Oriental as Operation Sauron continues

Posted By: Louie Encabo 1538 Views featured, Memorandum Order no. 32, oplan sauron, war in negros, war on activists

With the news of four police agents killed in an encounter with New People’s Army (NPA) rebels still fresh, the once-peaceful province of Negros

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NPA in Ayungong, Negros Oriental
The Philippines 
July 24, 2019

What really happened to the four slain police officers in Negros Oriental?

Posted By: Louie Encabo 1256 Views featured, Memorandum Order no. 32, new people's army, oplan sauron

The once peaceful province of Negros Oriental has become the de facto killing fields of the Philippines in the past few years, with the

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Save our Schools Network protest
The Philippines 
July 20, 2019July 21, 2019

The demonisation of indigenous schools continues

Posted By: Louie Encabo 1656 Views featured, hermogenes esperon, leonor briones, Lumad, lumad schools, rodrigo duterte, Salugpungan

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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Ramon Ang House Speaker
The Philippines 
July 15, 2019

Why the “Speaker Wars” is actually a battle between oligarchs

Posted By: Louie Encabo 4005 Views alan peter cayetano, featured, lord allan velasco, martin romualdez, oligarchy, ramon s. ang, speaker of the house of representatives

Many thought that when President Rodrigo Duterte intervened and made a “decision” on who the next House Speaker will be that the infighting within

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