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Michael Beltran

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Cincinnati, Manila
As seen in: MSN Singapore, Forbes, MSN Philippines, She Knows, Al Jazeera English, Nikkei Asia, South China Morning Post, NME Asia, CNA (Channel NewsAsia), Rappler and
Covers:  Philippine issues and social movements
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Farmers Endure Militarization in the Philippines’ ‘Massacre Capital’

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By Michael Beltran Verified
| The Diplomat Magazine Verified
Soldiers claim 19 rebel deaths in “legitimate encounter” last month, but questions linger over the killings in Negros, which included a student leader, a journalist, a local farmer, and others. A fishpond near the village of Salamanca in Negros Occidental province, Philippines, where 19 bodies were found on Apr. 19, 2026.
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Farmers Endure Militarization in the Philippines’ ‘Massacre Capital’

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By Michael Beltran Verified
| Tribune Content Agency
“I cannot think about how they were killed by bloodthirsty soldiers, my daughter who never got so much as a spanking from me,” said Sheila Alano. Her daughter, Alyssa, a 19-year-old student leader from the University of the Philippines, was among 19 killed by the military on April 19 in Toboso, Negros Occidental province. “My daughter is gone and there’s nothing I can do to bring her back.
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Philippines hydro boom costs Indigenous communities

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By Michael Beltran Verified
| Eco-Business Verified
On the mountainsides flanking the mighty Chico River in the northern Philippines’ Kalinga province, residents of once tight-knit villages have drifted apart in recent years. Hearty greetings between neighbours tending to farmlands have been replaced with avoidant looks or glowering stares. “We don’t talk much like before,” says Gohn Dangoy, a 59-year-old farmer of the Naneng tribe in Kalinga’s Tabuk city. “If we do, we argue.
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Tintin. I have my profile, but i can't seem to claim my actual profile. The "Michael Beltran" account keeps filling up but that's me!

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Messi

Why did you become a journalist?

2016