Kodao

Kodao Productions is an award-winning multi-media production outfit. It produces videos on burning social issues in the Philippines, such as environmental destruction, human rights, and other civil liberties. Aside from videos, Kodao also produces radio programs for national radio networks and community radio stations throughout the country. Both its video and radio productions have been awarded and cited by private and government institutions.

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NPA ambush kills 5, belies gov’t claim Quezon is NPA-free

The New People’s Army (NPA) in Quezon Province announced its ambush of government soldiers in Tagkawayan town last Friday, adding its military action belies government claims the area is now free of communist influence. Apolonio Mendoza Command (AMC)-NPA Quezon spokesperson Cleo del

September 4, 2023

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NPA ambush kills 5, belies claim Quezon is NPA-free

September 4, 2023

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Farmers, consumers: BBM’s rice price ceiling still too high

Rice prices may be lowered by several pesos more than President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s price ceiling of P41 to P45 per kilo of regular to well-milled varieties, farmers and consumer rights advocates said. Following Marcos’ issuance of Executive Order 39 issued last

September 2, 2023

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Youngest member condemns Congress’ ‘undemocratic’ approval of OVP’s confidential funds

The youngest member of Congress condemned a House of Representatives tradition granting so-called parliamentary courtesy to certain agencies of the executive branch and approving their proposed budget without deliberation. Speaking at the hearing of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) budget

September 1, 2023

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Youngest member condemns ‘undemocratic’ approval of OVP’s confidential funds

The youngest member of Congress condemned a House of Representatives tradition granting so-called parliamentary courtesy to certain agencies of the executive branch, approving their proposed budget without deliberation. Speaking at the hearing of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) budget last

September 1, 2023

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‘Stop the dump’: Pacific communities protest Japan’s release of treated nuclear water

Scientists monitoring the process say it is safe By Mong Palatino / Global Voices Protests were organized across the Pacific region after Japan started releasing treated water from the decommissioned Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean. In March 2011, an earthquake

August 28, 2023

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THE CURIOUS CASE OF ROGIE SENDING: Investigation or bullying?

Something wrong is happening in the bowels of the House of Representatives compound where a veteran broadcaster had been languishing in detention since August 17. Rogelio Sending, known to his listeners in Tuguegarao City and, until a few years back in Metro

August 27, 2023

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New travel guidelines violate rights, OFWs say

Migrant Filipinos are opposing the government’s new travel guidelines, saying the additional requirements violate the people’s right to travel. In a statement, Migrante International (MI) said the new policy imposed by the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) requiring Filipinos going abroad to

August 26, 2023

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‘The need to change the order of things’

Today is the 85th birth anniversary of stage and film actor and director Benjamín Roberto “Behn” Holcombe Cervantes, founder of the University of the Philippines Repertory Company. He was also a founding member of the Concerned Artists of the Philippines, the Philippines

August 25, 2023

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NPA accuses Philippine Army of killing 3 civilian women in Masbate fire fight

Three civilian women were killed by the military in an encounter with the New People’s Army (NPA) in Sitio Madarag, Brgy. Jagnaan, San Jacinto, Masbate last Monday, August 21, the Communist guerrillas reported. In a tribute to its casualty in the fire

August 25, 2023