A 60-year old farmer organizer from Northern Mindanao is feared to have been abducted by suspected military agents on the late afternoon of April 27, on her way to a meeting in Misamis Oriental. According to reports, Estelita T. Tacalang left the regional headquarters of Makabayan, a coalition of progressive party-list groups, in Cagayan de [...]
Salaysay ng mamamahayag ng Pinoy Weekly na si Macky Macaspac hinggil sa karanasan ng mga naging bahagi ng fact-finding-mission sa Baganga, Davao Oriental
Today, April 28, is the anniversary of Jonas Burgos’ abduction. The Free Jonas Burgos Movement released a video long overdue: Unheard for six years, the wife of Jonas finally lets her voice be heard for the first time
“Muli na naman bang maghihintay nang matagal na panahon ang mga biktima ng Martial Law sa pagpapatupad ng Republic Act No. 10368 sa ilalim ni Pang. Benigno Aquino III?” Ito ang sigaw ng Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (Selda), isang organisasyon ng dating mga bilanggong pulitikal, dahil di pa ganap na naipapatupad [...]
Millions of people were affected, while countless lives were lost or permanently scarred, when typhoon Pablo hit Southern Mindanao on December last year. Today, months after the natural calamity struck that part of the country, man-made calamities once again threaten the people: large-scale mining operations and logging continue unimpeded, while the military intensifies its martial [...]
A 69-member fact-finding mission experienced harassment from elements of the 67th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army in Sitio Cabuyao, Barangay Binondo in the heavily militarized town of Baganga, Davao Oriental. While conducting investigation into reported cases of human rights violations in the area on April 19, drivers of vehicles rented by the FFM Team [...]
The human rights group Karapatan laughed off claims of a military “witness” that detained security guard Rolly Panesa was a “high ranking rebel leader.” Cristina Palabay, secretary-general of Karapatan said, “They’ve (AFP) become so unbelievable that they become laughable. Since day one, they have been given out laughable absurd statements. And now, (Panesa’s in jail [...]
The family of missing activist Jonas Burgos released a picture of Jonas taken by his military captors, again proving that state security agents were behind the abduction in April 28, 2007. The picture (above) shows a man, with deep circles around his eyes, in white shirt and a scarf around his neck, photographed against a [...]
Nagpakilala sila, mga sundalo, bilang mga alagad ng gobyerno: mga katuwang umano ng Department of Agriculture sa pagkuha ng sensus sa Brgy. Sinungtan, Guinobatan, Albay. Gusto raw nilang malaman kung sino ang pinakamahihirap na pamilya sa lugar. Pero ang sine-sensus pala nila, ayon sa sinumpaang salaysay ng mga sibilyang residente sa lugar, ay kung sino [...]
Two days before International Women’s Day, human rights group Karapatan denounced the killing of Cristina Jose, a survivor of Typhoon Pablo and leader of a recent protest action in Davao City, which confiscated relief goods being withheld by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Carrying photos of women and children victims, members of [...]
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