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FORTY-THREE detained health workers began a hunger strike on Friday to press President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino to order the withdrawal of criminal charges against them. The health workers, also called the “Morong 43,” were accused of the nonbailable offense of illegal possession of firearms and explosives. They were arrested on Feb. 6 by police and

THE parents of slain botanist Leonardo Co have asked the Department of Justice to investigate the circumstances surrounding his death and those of his two companions when they were allegedly caught in a crossfire between soldiers and communist New People’s Army rebels in Kananga, Leyte on Nov. 15.

MOST Filipinos think the Maguindanao massacre trial is moving slowly, but they also believe there will be justice in the end, according to Pulse Asia’s October survey.

By MYLAH ROQUE
RELATIVES of victims of the year-old Maguindanao massacre on Monday sought the help of the visiting United Nations Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Opinion and Expression in speeding up prosecution of members of the Ampatuan family and more than a hundred others charged with the multiple killings that have been described as the country’s worst election-related violence.

MINDANEWS, a Mindanao-based news organization, is this year’s recipient of a Peace Award given annually by the Ateneo de Zamboanga University.

By AVIGAIL OLARTE
NEARLY a year after the Maguindanao massacre, the Aquino administration has yet to make good on its promise to disarm and disband all private armies in the country.

FILIPINOS rate as “poor” the government’s handling of the nearly year-old Maguindanao massacre case, according to the Social Weather Stations.

By CHIT ESTELLA
AN international human rights organization said Philippine government support for political warlords was responsible for the Maguindanao massacre and other blatant incidents of human rights violations committed by such forces.

PRESIDENT Aquino enjoys approval and trust of the people despite several controversies in his five-month presidency as shown in the survey conducted by Pulse Asia last month.

SIXTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD farmer Victoriano Cordero remembers the day in 2008 when Arnie Teves of the powerful Teves clan in Negros Oriental drove him away from the house he had lived in for the past 40 years.

PRESIDENT Aquino has appointed three prominent Filipino businessmen to the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Business Advisory Council (ABAC) Philippines to represent the country in the two-day APEC CEO summit in Yokohama, Japan that will precede the APEC leaders meeting on Nov. 13 and 14.

BANGKOK, Thailand-- Members of human rights organizations in Southeast Asia have given the Asean Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) a failing mark for its performance in its first year.