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Why Is the World Bank Attacking Land Reform in the Philippines?
When the Peoples’ Power movement brought down Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos in 1986, land reform was one of its most ...
International Viewpoint1d
Duterte in The Hague
Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte gained international notoriety with his violent ‘war on drugs’ – a campaign of violence targeting the country’s poor that claimed thousands of lives. He is now in ...
Marietta Times1d
Indian parliament’s Lower House passes controversial bill that would change Muslim endowments
The Lower House of India’s parliament early Thursday passed a controversial bill moved by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government to amend laws governing Muslim land endowments.
The Eastsider2d
Can this Historic Filipinotown house be saved from demolition?
A Victorian house built in the 1880s in Historic Filipinotown faces demolition, but preservationist Brad Chambers is fighting ...
Manila Standard2d
March inflation falls to 5-year low; gov’t interventions extolled
The country's inflation rate eased further to a five-year low in March, with price pressures tempered by lower food and transport costs, which the ...
Philippine News Agency3d
Baguio City expands halfway house to help more people in need
The city government has completed a project improving and converting a halfway house built by the Department of the Interior ...
Manila Standard5d
Senate urged to pass New Philippine Building Act after Myanmar, Thailand quake
In light of the destructive earthquake that hit Myanmar and Thailand, a legislator pushed for the enactment of a bill ...