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Heaven for plutocrats, hell for proles SUNDAY STORIES MARLEN V. RONQUILLO
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ROM time immemorial, Philippine society has been structured like the kCTIONAL /CEANIA !FTER THE ECONOMIC ELITE WHOSE LIST ENDS AFTER TWO MINUTES OF kNGER COUNTING AND A THIN MIDDLE class, the third tier in that structure is MADE UP OF THE PROLES THE WORKERS AT THE MASSIVE BOTTOM ,IKE THE ARRANGE ment in Oceania, the proles do all the HARD PHYSICAL WORK )N OUR OWN PAR ticular context, the workers have their RURAL BROTHERS THE FARMERS WHO DO THE BACKBREAKING WORK TO PRODUCE FOOD 4HE PROLETARIAT AND THE AGRARIAN WORKERS ARE OF ONE AND THE SAME CLASS UNITED BY HARD TOIL ONLY THE WORK SETTING DIFFERS /NE WHO BAGS GROCERIES AT THE SUPER MARKETS WHOLE DAY LONG AT STARVATION WAGES CANNOT BE MUCH DIFFERENT FROM ONE WHO PLOWS THE kELDS TO PRODUCE FOOD ONLY TO SUFFER FROM GRAVE MALNUTRITION ,IKE THE PROLES IN THE kCTIONAL /CEANIA THE &ILIPINO WORKER IS MOSTLY LEFT TO HIS OWN DEVICES (E HAS THE LIBERTY TO DRINK TO DEATH GET HOOKED ON SHABU AND OTHER deadly vices and essentially waste his in CONSEQUENTIAL LIFE WITH THE 3TATE AS AN UNINTERESTED SPECTATOR 4HE PROLES ARE CONSIDERED A PASSIVE ELEMENT OF SOCIETY
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Duterte willing to invoke MDT BY CATHERINE S. VALENTE
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F push comes to shove, President Rodrigo Duterte would invoke the Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) between the US and the Philippines should its long-time ally declare war on China in a bid to stop Beijing’s intrusion in the West Philippine (South China) Sea.
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ROCKED, WRECKED
The 5.5 quake that hit parts of Mindanao on Saturday damaged the St. Vincent Ferrer Parish Church in Carmen, Surigao del Sur. The earthquake injured dozens of people. (Story on A7) PHOTO FROM PHILIPPINE INFORMATION AGENCY
REVOLUTIONARY GOVT RULED OUT AMID COUP TALKS 02%3)$%.4 2ODRIGO $UTERTE HAS NO PLAN OF DECLARING A REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENT DESPITE TALKS OF A POSSIBLE COUP D ETAT AGAINST HIM AND HIS ADMINISTRATION )N A PRE 3TATE OF THE .ATION !DDRESS INTERVIEW IN -ALACAÄANG LATE 4HURSDAY Duterte said he would let the military DECIDE WHAT TO DO g!YAW KO ) DON T WANT TO "UT ) LL LEAVE IT TO THE MILITARY TO DECIDE WHAT IS GOOD
FOR THE COUNTRY +ASI ANG military hindi naman sila mainit (the military is not RESTIVE BUT THEY KNOW NOW WHAT S HAP PENING u $UTERTE TOLD The Manila Times WHEN ASKED IF HE WAS INCLINED TO DECLARE A REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENT 4HE 0RESIDENT CITED THE IRREGULARITIES HOUNDING THE 0HILIPPINE (EALTH )NSUR ANCE #ORP 0HIL(EALTH AND THE -ANILA 7ATER #O )NC
g) KNOW THESE GUYS SOLDIERS THEY RE WELL AWARE THEY WILL DIE FOR THIS COUN TRY u HE SAID g4HERE ARE ABOUT MILITARY MEN IN MY #ABINET AND NOT BECAUSE ) WANT TO INGRATI ATE MYSELF TO THEM 9OU KNOW ) DON T HAVE TO DO THAT ) WAS ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE !NG GUSTO KO LANG SA MILITARY IS ) CAN HAVE THE JOB DONE 9OU ONLY HAVE TO ASK THEM kaya mo CAN YOU DO IT AND WALANG NO COR
RUPTION 3O DITO AKO SA KANILA 3O ) HIRE THEM u HE ADDED $UTERTE MADE THE STATEMENT DAYS AFTER 0ALACE SPOKESMAN 3ALVADOR 0ANELO SAID TOP MILITARY OFkCIALS MIGHT HAVE WARNED THE 0RESIDENT ABOUT A POSSIBLE UPRISING "UT THE 0RESIDENT WAS UNFAZED SAYING HE WAS WILLING TO RESIGN IF THE MILITARY TOLD HIM DIRECTLY
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Wait for a better time, Sara told 02%3)$%.4 2ODRIGO $UTERTE ADVISED HIS DAUGHTER $AVAO #ITY -AYOR 3ARA $UTERTE #ARPIO TO WAIT gFOR A BETTER TIMEu SINCE SEEKING THE PRESIDENCY IN MAY NOT BE WORTH THE TROUBLE g 0AG PRESIDENTE KA )F YOU RE THE PRESIDENT YOU GET TO BE Insultuhin ka INSULTED u HE SAID g)T S NOT A GOOD OCCUPATION TO BE A PRESIDENT Maaawa ako sa anak ko ) WOULD JUST PITY MY DAUGHTER AND SHE HAS TO BEAR IT ALL AND SOMETIMES SWALLOW JUST swallow [the insults] kasi presidente ka BECAUSE YOU RE THE PRESIDENT 9OU HAVE TO BEHAVE 3ABI KO HUWAG KA MUNA DITO, WAIT FOR A BETTER TIME ) TOLD HER DON T JOIN THE FRAY u HE ADDED )N AN INTERVIEW WITH The Manila Times, $UTERTE REITERATED THAT HE was ready to vacate his post and that HE REGRETTED HIS DECISION TO RUN FOR THE COUNTRY S HIGHEST POSITION g+ASI PAGOD NA AKO SA TRABAHO KO 'I NAGAWA KO NA LAHAT ) M TIRED OF MY JOB ) AM DOING EVERYTHING ) DO NOT ACCEPT
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BINONDO-INTRAMUROS BRIDGE
Workers prepare to install a marker as the construction of a bridge that will connect Binondo district to Intramuros, Manila continues. The P4.2 billion project is expected to be completed in 2021. PHOTO BY RENE H. DILAN
T R E AT M E N T OF MINORITIES
PH, 36 countries defend China GENEVA: 5. AMBASSADORS FROM COUN TRIES RELEASED A LETTER &RIDAY 3ATURDAY IN -ANILA DEFENDING #HINA S TREATMENT OF 5IGHUR AND OTHER MINORITIES IN THE 8INJI ANG REGION IN DIRECT RESPONSE TO 7ESTERN CRITICISM EARLIER THIS WEEK %NVOYS FROM ACROSS THE %UROPEAN 5NION %5 ‡ ALONG WITH !USTRALIA #ANADA *APAN AND .EW :EALAND ‡ HAD EARLIER CO SIGNED A TEXT DENOUNCING #HI NA S CONDUCT IN 8INJIANG WHERE MILLION PEOPLE MOSTLY ETHNIC 5IGHURS ARE REPORT EDLY BEING HELD IN INTERNMENT CAMPS /N &RIDAY A DIVERSE GROUP OF STATES ‡ INCLUDING 2USSIA 3AUDI !RABIA .IGERIA !LGERIA AND .ORTH +OREA ‡ REPLIED ON "EIJING S BEHALF g7E COMMEND #HINA S REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE FIELD OF HUMAN RIGHTS u SAID THE LETTER ALSO SIGNED BY -YANMAR THE 0HILIPPINES :IMBABWE AND OTHERS g7E TAKE NOTE THAT TERRORISM SEPARAT ISM AND RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM HAS CAUSED ENORMOUS DAMAGE TO PEOPLE OF ALL ETHNIC GROUPS IN 8INJIANG u IT SAID 2IGHTS GROUPS AND FORMER INMATES DESCRIBE THE INTERNMENT SITES IN 8IN JIANG AS gCONCENTRATION CAMPSu WHERE MAINLY -USLIM 5IGHURS AND OTHER
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