Assassination ‘akyat-bahay’ style” is how this paper’s columnist Ceres Doyo describes the killing of Randall Echanis, Anakpawis chair, deputy secretary-general of peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas, and a peace negotiator of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) in talks with the government. “Akyat bahay” refers to the common modus of thieves who enter homes usually in the wee hours to ransack through them and make off with valuables. Not so usual is the
As I write this, the bicameral committee on Bayanihan 2 (sequel to Bayanihan to Heal as One Act) is meeting to reconcile their different versions of the bill, entitled “Providing for COVID-19 Response and Recovery Interventions and Providing Mechanisms to Accelerate the Recovery and Bolster the Resiliency of the Philippine
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