Archive for August, 2008


AFP spies caught in PUP

By • Aug 31st, 2008 • Category: Analysis

Four elements of the Philippine Army were recently caught in the act of spying on students of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines. Student leaders criticized surveillance and other tactics employed by state agents to disrupt the student movement.

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To all who signed up via “Join LFS”

By • Aug 31st, 2008 • Category: Burning Issues, News

We would like to thank the hundreds who submitted their application for membership via our Join LFS page.

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Fil-Ams Rap: Makibaka, ‘Wag Matakot!

By • Aug 31st, 2008 • Category: Features

ALAY performance at the Peoples’ SONA last July 2008 at Commonwealth Ave., QC, Philippines

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LFS-Lanao joins relief mission

By • Aug 31st, 2008 • Category: Features, Gallery, News

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Dekada 90: Eraserheads

By • Aug 31st, 2008 • Category: Features

Dekada 90: Eraserheads* by Kerima Lorena Tariman Sa dyip, walkman, dorm. Kung bakit bumenta ang Chuck Taylors noong 1994. Kaya maraming nakyuryus sa salitang “alternatibo,” sa LA 105.9, at sa Club Dredd. Kaya nasundan ng marami pang konsyerto ang “Bistro sa Amoranto.” Sa clubs, telebisyon, malls. Kung bakit maraming recording companies ang naglakas-loob na mangontrata [...]

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Inquirer.net: Alleged gov’t spies nabbed by protesting PUP students

By • Aug 29th, 2008 • Category: In The News, News

Alleged gov’t spies nabbed by protesting PUP students SWAT team blocked from entering school By Abigail Kwok INQUIRER.net First Posted 03:33pm (Mla time) 08/29/2008 MANILA, Philippines — Youth activists at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) claimed to have caught four alleged government agents conducting surveillance on a student protest Friday noon. In a [...]

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ILPS: Urgent Call to Action

By • Aug 27th, 2008 • Category: News

URGENT Call to Action for the immediate withdrawal of the trumped up cases against 4 Indian leaders of VVJVA and for their unconditional release To: All the ILPS Philippine Chapter member organizations Re: URGENT Call to Action for the immediate withdrawal of the trumped up cases against 4 Indian leaders of VVJVA and for their [...]

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Students set nationwide campaign vs war in Mindanao

By • Aug 26th, 2008 • Category: News

Students start campaign against Mindanao war; say Arroyo to blame for the escalation of conflict August 27, 2008 News Release Student groups led by the League of Filipino Students (LFS) today kicked-off campus campaigns against the escalation of the war conflict in Mindanao, the blame for which, they placed at the Arroyo government. According to [...]

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Inquirer.net: Thousands turn out for “Truth Fest”

By • Aug 26th, 2008 • Category: In The News

Thousands turn out for 12-hour ‘Truth Fest’ Traffic snarled on northbound lane of Roxas Blvd By Abigail Kwok INQUIRER.net First Posted 13:30:00 08/22/2008 MANILA, Philippines — Thousands of people have turned out for a 12-hour “Truth Fest” at the Rajah Sulaiman Plaza on Roxas Boulevard in Manila from 5 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Saturday. [...]

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Mindanao War: The grand deception

By • Aug 26th, 2008 • Category: Blogs, News

The real and most urgent and serious problem confronting the country and the Filipino people is not the MILF and the armed conflict in Mindanao but the Arroyo government. And it even had the gall to try to perpetuate itself in power beyond 2010 by calling for charter change, using the MOA-AD as an excuse.

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