Gov’t, pressed to divulge “Terms of Reference” on joint oil and gas exploration in Recto Bank

Kating-kati si Duterte na ituloy ang kasunduang joint exploration sa China sa kabila nang ginagawang pangangamkam nito sa ating teritoryo at panghaharas sa mga Pilipinong mangingisda. Talagang lumabas pa ang balitang katraydurang ito, isang araw matapos ang National Heroes Day. Nananawagan kami sa mamamayang Pilipino na maging mapagbantay sa mga di-pantay na kasunduang papasukin ni Pangulong Duterte sa China na masasalang ang ating pambansang soberanya at patrimonya,” ended Hicap.

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“Anti-subversion revival an attack against Filipino patriotic spirit” – fisherfolk group

Manila, Philippines – “Multiple decades have passed but the long-censured McCarthyist thought continues to live on secretary Año to feed into his anti-communist hysteria. It has been globally recognized that subscription to a certain ideology is not tantamount to a criminal act, more so to a terrorism,” This was the reaction of the militant fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (PAMALAKAYA) on Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) secretary Eduardo Año on his proposal to restore the long-repealed anti-subversion law.

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