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Rodrigo Duterte Makabayan Bloc Emmy de Jesus Arlene Brosas Gabriela Party-list Sarah Elago Kabataan Party-list red-tagging
The Philippines 
December 2, 2020December 5, 2020

Are the Makabayan Bloc power-hungry? Their track record proves otherwise

Posted By: Louie Encabo 1440 Views carlos zarate, eufemia cullamat, featured, ferdinand gaite, france castro, makabayan bloc, neri colmenares, sarah elago

In another episode of his late-night press conferences, President Rodrigo Duterte took aim at the Makabayan Bloc – a progressive faction within the House

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The Philippines 
April 9, 2019April 9, 2019

The Senate needs a true People’s Champ

Posted By: Louie Encabo 1612 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 3469 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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Farmers protesting PNP chief Oscar Albayalde
The Philippines 
April 2, 2019

What’s going on in Negros Oriental?

Posted By: Louie Encabo 1690 Views featured, national federation of sugarcane workers, negros massacre, neri colmenares, oscar albayalde, sagay massacre, sarah elago, war on farmers

When talking about warfare and massacres in the Philippines, the common guess is that it would happen in the island of Mindanao. Under the

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The Philippines 
January 27, 2019January 29, 2019

Another glimpse of 2019: Part 2 of the CNN Senatorial Forum

Posted By: Louie Encabo 1189 Views 2019 philippine senatorial elections, cnn philippines, featured, florin hilbay, neri colmenares

READ: Part 1 of the CNN Senatorial Forum series With the May 2019 mid-term elections only three months away, the need to know the

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