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Morong 43: An update

Morong 43: An update

The 43 health workers arrested on February 6 in Morong, Rizal will continue to languish in jail as the Court of Appeals denied their petition for writ of habeas corpus.

 

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LRT South Extension Project: Broken promise or political retaliation?

LRT South Extension Project: Broken promise or political retaliation?

Recently, more than 200,000 Cavitenos staged a rally in front of the Cavite provincial capitol expressing their dismay on the scrapping of the extension of the Light Railway Transit Line 1 to Cavite . According to the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) , the project was scrapped last J...

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Oh, Mikey, you’re so fine!

Oh, Mikey, you’re so fine!

Author’s Note: With much trepidation, we are down to a mere 114 days before the term of our beloved president ends. We are hoping for a miracle to prevent this tragedy. This is The Countdown To Stepdown: it’s like a Christmas Countdown, but sadder.

 

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Electionary

Electionary

With more than 60 days before the historic automated election on May 10, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) is doubling its efforts in informing the public about the nature and conduct of the first-ever automated polls. While much has been said about the automated election system, many are still in...

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Debauchery of the partylist system

Debauchery of the partylist system

Political dynasties and traditional politicians are again using the party-list system as a vehicle to gain and expand elite representation in Congress, at the expense of genuine party-list groups.

There are more than 50 party-list seats or 20 percent of the total number of congressional district repr...

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(A)H1N1 Pandemic

Influenza A (H1N1) is a highly infectious disease caused by a virus which mutated out of four different strains of the influenza A virus found in pigs, human and birds. The outbreak began in Mexico in April 2009, spreading across the Americas and Asia in a matter of months. Due to its unprecedented spread across the globe, the H1N1 outbreak was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization in June 2009. Although most who contract the disease recover immediately, doctors have warned that the virus strain may still evolve into a more virulent form, causing wide-scale fatalities as in the case of the Spanish flu in 1918, or the Hong Kong flu in 1968. The first case of H1N1 in the Philippines was on May 18, 2009. By June, the country reported its first H1N1 fatality. Despite efforts by the Department of Health to slow the spread of the disease, the infected in the Philippines now number in the thousands. Although most recover without complications, the DOH has projected that up to a quarter of the country's 90 million people might become infected. Read more at WikiPilipinas

 

Brillante Mendoza

Best director awardee in Cannes 2009