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Movement for a Free Philippines. Movement for a Free Philippines (often referred to by its acronym, MFP) was a Washington, D.C. -based organization established in 1973 [1] by exiled Filipinos in opposition to the authoritarian regime of Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippines. [2] [3]
Philippines "for her non-violent efforts to restore democracy in the Philippines." 1987: Antonio Paris — — Henry Reeve Brigade (founded in 2005) Cuba "for their altruistic work carried out in 2020 to save more than 10,000 patients who contracted the COVID-19 virus in 38 foreign countries and to serve another 355,000 people affected by the ...
Filipinos (Filipino: Mga Pilipino) are citizens or people identified with the country of the Philippines.The majority of Filipinos today are predominantly Catholic and come from various Austronesian peoples, all typically speaking Tagalog, English, or other Philippine languages.
The Free Legal Assistance Group ( FLAG) is a nationwide organization of human rights lawyers in the Philippines. [5] [6] It was founded in 1974 by Sen. Jose W. Diokno, [5] Lorenzo Tañada, [7] J.B.L. Reyes, [4] and Joker Arroyo [8] during the martial law era under former President Ferdinand Marcos. [9] It is the first and largest group of human ...
Lists of people by city in the Philippines (1 C, 8 P) S. Lists of Filipino people by school affiliation (5 P) U.
The National Citizens' Movement for Free Elections or NAMFREL is an election watchdog in the Philippines. It was the first and one of the most famous election watch campaigns. [1] It is known to have introduced non-partisan national election monitoring to the Philippines after exposing the issues involved with the 1986 Snap Elections.
Lebanon. 33,424 (2020) [19] An overseas Filipino ( Filipino: Pilipino sa ibayong-dagat) is a person of full or partial Filipino origin who trace their ancestry back to the Philippines but are living and working outside of the country. They get jobs in countries and they move to live in countries that they get jobs in.
Persona non grata. (Philippines) Persona non grata, in the context of Philippine governance parlance, refers individuals or groups declared as unwelcome in a particular locality. This designation is merely symbolic and non-binding, and does not legally prohibit a person declared as persona non grata from stepping foot on that locality.