Category: Philippines
RCEP an unjust deal and added burden in the time of a pandemic
Trade Justice Pilipinas statement on the signing of the Regional Comprehensive Economic...
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Indigenous and spiritual leaders of Timuay Justice and Governance offer a ritual in Maguindanao on the occasion of their Indigenous Political Structure's founding anniversary on October 3, 2017. Photo: Galileo de Guzman Castillo
The subversion of the Philippines’ Indigenous People’s Rights Act
The following paper was presented under the title The Philippines’ Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Act...
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Thousands protested against Martial Law in Pepe Diokno Freedom Park, Quezon City, on September 21, 2020. Photo: PhilRights
Collective struggle, collective strength
By Galileo de Guzman Castillo, Joseph Purugganan, and Bianca Martinez As we commemorate today the...
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EU Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan. CC-BY-4.0: © European Union 2019 – Source: EP
Open Letter to EU Trade Commissioner on Philippines GSP+ Withdrawal
Note: This open letter was addressed to then-EU Trade Commissioner Paul Hogan on 1 September 2020....
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Photo: Santos Unsad / TJG
TJG Statement: 2020 International Day of World’s Indigenous Peoples
In celebration of the “2020 International Day of World’s Indigenous Peoples” with the theme:...
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Photo: Galileo de Guzman Castillo
Postscript to Independence
By Galileo de Guzman Castillo WHAT FREEDOM? We shall find / We shall discover / What is ours we...
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Photo: Facebook / Rody Duterte
Why the Duterte regime could fall victim to COVID-19
By Walden Bello People expected a message of hope from his State of the Nation Address, but the...
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The burning question is not if Duterte will go, but how
by Walden Bello originally posted on Rappler ‘Even Duterte’s usually aggressive DDS true...
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Thousands of individuals from various groups join #SONAgkaisa while ensuring physical distancing to express dismay over the Duterte administration at University Avenue, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City on 5th State of the Nation Address of President Rodrigo Duterte. Photo by: Arrem Alcaraz, Kodao — with Wacphilippines Cavite.
THE MORIBUND DUTERTE PRESIDENCY
Focus on the Global South’s Post-SONA 2020 Assessment 2020 August 7 In the middle of the COVID-19...
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The Philippines’ Response to COVID-19: Limits of State Capacity
In an article for the Covid-19 Chronicles of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) of...
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RESIST TERROR LAW!
Focus on the Global South’s Statement on the passage of the Anti-Terrorism Law in the...
Read MoreMula sa Lockdown patungong Crackdown:Pahayag ng Focus on the Global South laban sa Anti-Terror Law
12 Hunyo 2020* Nakikiisa ang Focus on the Global South sa mga progresibong grupo at mga kilusan sa mariing pagtutol sa napipintong pagpasa ng bagong anti-terror law sa Pilipinas. Ang pagratsada ng panukalang batas na ito...
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