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Flor Ramos Contemplacion (7 January 1953 – 17 March 1995) was a Filipina domestic worker who was executed in Singapore after being convicted of murdering a fellow Filipina maid and the three-year-old boy whom she was babysitting.
17 paź 2023 · Evangelista covered the killings, which left thousands dead, for the independent news platform Rappler. The site was co-founded by the journalist Maria Ressa, who, along with Dmitry Muratov, won...
25 lut 2023 · In prison, Balagtas found solace in writing his epic poem, 'Florante at Laura,' which he intended to mirror his own experiences. Balagtas wrote in the Tagalog language, which was an uncommon practice during that era when most Filipino writing was done in Spanish.
29 gru 2016 · 29 December, 6:00 AM: Rizal was read his verdict by Captain Rafael Dominguez: To be shot the next day at 7:00 AM at the Luneta de Bagumbayan (Rizal Park). 29 December, 7:00 AM: Rizal was transferred to the chapel cell adorned by religious images to convince him to go back to the Catholic fold.
6 gru 2016 · Daniel Berehulak for The New York Times. Times photographer Daniel Berehulak photographed 41 murder scenes — and 57 bodies — in 35 days in Manila. When President Rodrigo Duterte of the...
Amado Vera Hernandez (September 13, 1903 – March 24, 1970), was a Filipino writer and labor leader who was known for his criticism of social injustices in the Philippines and was later imprisoned for his involvement in the communist movement. He was the central figure in a landmark legal case that took 13 years to settle.
23 lut 2017 · Local photographers on the frontline of Duterte’s drug war reflect on the images that moved them most. A teenage “John Doe” lies on a mortuary table, dead from multiple gunshot wounds. A ...
