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Winners of the Philippine Blog Awards 2011
By Tonyo Cruz Dec 04, 2011
The Philippines’ best blogs received peer recognition at the national awarding ceremonies of the annual Philippine Blog Awards on Dec. 3 at the RCBC Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium in Makati City. Here is the honor roll: Best personal blog: I Am Fickle Cattle Best humor blog: The Professional Heckler Best photo blog: RosariOko Best home
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Philippines: Blowing the ‘Red Whistle’ to stop spread of HIV/AIDS
By Tonyo Cruz Dec 01, 2011
Today is World AIDS Day, an opportunity for us Filipinos to come together, blow the red whistle and commit ourselves to an important cause: Zero HIV/AIDS incidence in the country and among Filipinos wherever they may be. The Department of Health reports: More and more Filipinos have become afflicted with HIV/AIDS: 253 new cases in
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Philippines: Court gives land held by Aquino’s family to farmers
By Tonyo Cruz Nov 24, 2011
The Philippines Supreme Court has issued a unanimous decision, expected to reverberate across the feudal Philippine countryside, which effectively hands over ownership of the bulk of the Hacienda Luisita to its farmers and farm workers. ABS-CBN reports: Saying farmer-beneficiaries will not benefit from distribution of shares of stock, the Supreme Court has ordered the distribution
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Self-fulfilling prophecy: Noynoy Aquino and impunity in the Philippines
By Tonyo Cruz Nov 23, 2011
Referring to extra judicial killings and the killing of journalists in the Philippines in his July, 2010 State of the Nation Address, President Benigno Aquino III declared that his administration would “hold murderers accountable.” Despite that pledge, six journalists have been killed since then, or a total of 10 since the Ampatuan Massacre of November 23, 2009 claimed
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Philippines: Aquino’s family loses control of Hacienda Luisita
By Tonyo Cruz Nov 22, 2011
The Philippine Daily Inquirer has reported that the Supreme Court has ruled that the Hacienda Luisita, owned by the family of President Benigno Aquino III, be distributed to farmers. According to the Inquirer: A senior court official said at least eight magistrates voted to grant the motion for reconsideration of the Presidential Agrarian Reform Council
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Philippines under spotlight on Nov. 23 ‘Day to End Impunity’
By Tonyo Cruz Nov 22, 2011
On Nov. 23, the second anniversary of the Maguindanao Massacre, the world remembers and asks everyone to stand up to impunity. Now dubbed as “Day to End Impunity”, Nov. 23 will be a day of citizens’ action amid inaction of governments, such as that of President Benigno Aquino III, to shatter the culture and climate
