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Brynch Bonachita

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Cebu City
As seen in: Rappler, Facebook, Bulatlat
Covers:  Human rights, social justice, development, etc.
teaching assistant @ateneoSOG. on hiatus, with some bylines: @rapplerdotcom, @aninawprod, @bulatlat, etc. sociology (‘23) and post-grad stuff @uscphilippines.
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Locals, advocates race to protect reefs in Panaon Island

Locals, advocates race to protect reefs in Panaon Island

SOUTHERN LEYTE, Philippines - Deonel Beto, 42, dives the surrounding waters off Panaon Island in Southern Ley…

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'A responsibility to act': Locals first to help Agaton victims in Leyte

'A responsibility to act': Locals first to help Agaton victims in Leyte

TACLOBAN, Philippines - As soon as Agaton made landfall in Eastern Samar and distress calls started popping u…

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Tropical Depression Agaton: At least 14 people dead in Baybay, Leyte

Tropical Depression Agaton: At least 14 people dead in Baybay, Leyte

The weather disturbance has so far affected 15,120 families or 66,485 individuals in Eastern Visayas LEYTE, P…

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Rain, mud fail to stop huge crowd of Marcos loyalists in Tacloban grand rally

Rain, mud fail to stop huge crowd of Marcos loyalists in Tacloban grand rally

TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines - Thousands of Warays here roared in the rain as comedian Bayani Agbayani chanted …

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In Palo, Leyte, chants for justice mix with cheers for Leni-Kiko

In Palo, Leyte, chants for justice mix with cheers for Leni-Kiko

LEYTE, Philippines - Red-scare tactics failed to stop thousands of supporters of presidential aspirant Vice P…

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Robredo red-tagged in streamers on eve of Leyte visit

Robredo red-tagged in streamers on eve of Leyte visit

TACLOBAN, Philippines - At least 50 streamers red-tagging presidential candidate and Vice President Leni Robr…

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Prosecutor clears DepEd worker nabbed in 'buy-bust'

Prosecutor clears DepEd worker nabbed in 'buy-bust'

TACLOBAN, Philippines - The Biliran Provincial Prosecutor's Office junked the criminal complaints against Dep…

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Biliran's Espina dynasty sticks with Marcos

Biliran's Espina dynasty sticks with Marcos

TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines - Biliran Provincial Governor Rogelio Espina said their political clan, the powerh…

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Despite new Omicron cases, daily COVID-19 cases dip in Eastern Visayas

Despite new Omicron cases, daily COVID-19 cases dip in Eastern Visayas

TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines - Single-day COVID-19 cases in Eastern Visayas have declined in the past two weeks…

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Eastern Visayas hospitals full of COVID-19 cases, region logs single-day high

Eastern Visayas hospitals full of COVID-19 cases, region logs single-day high

Tacloban City Health Office The Department of Health in Eastern Visayas says most hospital admissions are mil…

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Bohol, Southern Leyte struggle with deaths, destruction from Typhoon Odette

Bohol, Southern Leyte struggle with deaths, destruction from Typhoon Odette

The death toll from Typhoon Odette (Rai) in Bohol has climbed to 63, Governor Arthur Yap said on Sunday, Dece…

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Odette threatens 3,000 Eastern Visayas barangays with landslides, floods

Odette threatens 3,000 Eastern Visayas barangays with landslides, floods

Rodrigo Jay Miralles, Eastern Visayas senior geologist of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB), said on Tue…

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Business group seeks rollback of 'anti-people' port tariff hike in Tacloban

Business group seeks rollback of 'anti-people' port tariff hike in Tacloban

The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry Tacloban-Leyte says 'the exorbitant hike in arrastre rates is…

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Muted rites for Yolanda 8th anniversary; Tacloban mayor credits love for recovery

Muted rites for Yolanda 8th anniversary; Tacloban mayor credits love for recovery

A religious ceremony and a blessing of a mass grave for those who perished eight years ago when Super Typhoon…

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Eastern Visayas raises COVID-19 vaccine target to 2.5 million residents

Eastern Visayas raises COVID-19 vaccine target to 2.5 million residents

Eastern Visayas needs to expand vaccine coverage to more than 2.5 million individuals to achieve the governme…

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Lawyer Rex Fernandez and his heart for the marginalized

Lawyer Rex Fernandez and his heart for the marginalized

"During our meetings, he told us of his experience in Carbon during his younger years as an activist. He woul…

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Abducted Cebu dev’t worker reported dead in Manila hospital

Abducted Cebu dev’t worker reported dead in Manila hospital

Elena “Lina” Tijamo, an officer of a farmers’ welfare non-governmental organization (NGO) in Cebu who was abd…

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How Community Pantries Spurred Collective Action in the Philippines

How Community Pantries Spurred Collective Action in the Philippines

What started out as a makeshift communal food station at the most populated city in the Philippines became a …

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Gasping for Air: The Worsening Plight of Haiyan Resettlement Residents Amid The Pandemic

Gasping for Air: The Worsening Plight of Haiyan Resettlement Residents Amid The Pandemic

"It was a struggle for us," Mark said, recounting how he and his family had to make do with tents, and then a…

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From the Ground Up: Empowering Filipino farmers for sustainable development and the right to land

From the Ground Up: Empowering Filipino farmers for sustainable development and the right to land

For tillers in the Philippines, the struggle for land is a struggle for life. Nick, 53, knows this all too we…

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