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Karlo Mikhail Mongaya

Contributor profile · 135 posts · joined 25 November 2008

Karlo is an activist and freelance writer based in Panay island in the Philippines. Check out (Mis)readings, his blog on books, literature, reading, and politics.

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28 May 2012

Philippines: Military Bombings Create Refugees

Written by Karlo Mikhail Mongaya · East Asia

Thousands of residents in the southern Philippine island of Mindanao have been forced to flee their land in the past few months because of increased military presence and activities in the area. The escalation of conflict between government and rebel troops also worsened the situation recently. The residents have become bakwits - the local term for refugees.

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28 April 2012

Philippines: Demolition of Urban Poor Village Sparks Indignation

Written by Karlo Mikhail Mongaya · East Asia

At least one person was killed and scores were injured after police forces fired on protesting residents of Silverio Compound in Paranaque City, south of Manila, who were defending their homes from being demolished. The violent demolition has sparked a wave of indignation online.

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Red-ayglasses blogs about the state of Philippine education during pre-colonial times and under Spanish colonial rule.

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Karapatan, an alliance working for the promotion and protection of human rights in the Philippines, uploaded a PDF copy of its comic book entitled Oplan Bayanihan for Beginners. The book is an introduction to Oplan Bayanihan, the government's counterinsurgency campaign which is being linked by human rights advocates to the continuing spate of extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, and other human rights violations in the country.

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9 April 2012

Philippines

A Radical's Nut looks at how US war drones or “unmanned aerial assault crafts” violates Philippine sovereignty and endanger the lives of ordinary Filipino civilians.

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3 April 2012

Philippines: Students Prevented from Graduating Over Facebook Bikini Photos

Written by Karlo Mikhail Mongaya · East Asia

An exclusive all-girls Catholic school managed by nuns in the Central Philippine island of Cebu sparked public outrage when it barred five high school students from joining the graduation ceremony because of photos posted on their Facebook accounts showing them wearing bikinis.

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27 March 2012

Philippines: Government Fails to Stop ‘Noynoying'

Written by Karlo Mikhail Mongaya · East Asia

What started as a substitute to the now banned planking protests is now the latest hit sensation in the Philippines. Filipino netizens discuss how and why the 'Noynoying' protest has gained its present popularity despite efforts by the government to stop it.

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18 March 2012

Philippines: Noynoying is the New Planking

Written by Karlo Mikhail Mongaya · East Asia

Because planking protests are now banned in the Philippines, activists resorted to Noynoying. What is Noynoying and how did it replace planking as a popular protest pose in the country? Noynoying refers to President Noynoy Aquino who is accused by activists of doing nothing to stop the rising prices of oil and other basic goods. Noynoying pictures have gone viral already in the local cyberspace.

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30 January 2012

Philippines: Protest Against Removal of Trees by Shopping Mall

Written by Karlo Mikhail Mongaya · East Asia

The plan of SM City Baguio shopping mall in north Philippines to remove more than 100 trees to make way for a new parking lot and entertainment site has been greeted by massive protests from concerned citizens and various cause-oriented groups.

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