Sumugod ang grupong pangkababaihan ng Gabriela at iba pang progresibong grupo, kasama ang kaanak ni Jennifer Laude, para ibigay ang subpoena laban kay US Marine Sgt. Scott Pemberton na pinaghihinalaan pumatay kay Laude. Pero nabigo sila na makatuntong sa barko dahil sa harang na barbed wire at concrete block na inilagay ng mga tauhan ng […]
Isang buwan bago ang ika-sampung taon na anibersaryo ng masaker sa Hacienda Luisita.
Personal na humingi ng dispensa ang sikat na aktor si Coco Martin sa kababaihan dahil sa paglahok niya sa isang fashion show na The Naked Truth ng kompanyang Bench na kinatampukan ng isang nakatali babae na parang alagang hayop. Sa isang pulong na dinaluhan ng mga kinatawan ng mga grupong pangkababaihan tulad ng Gabriela, Philippine […]
Bangkok, Thailand — Representing almost 50 million people with more than 1,000 groups scattered in 10 member-countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), indigenous people’s groups challenged media practitioners to be more prudent in reporting issues that affect their identity, culture and rights. In a recent two-day media dialogue here, indigenous people from […]
Sa ilalim ng administrasyong Aquino, muling binuhay ang Laiban Dam na noong panahon pa ni dating pangulong Marcos tinututulan ng apektadong mga katutubo.
Another political prisoner died inside the National Bilibid Prison due to a lingering ailment. According to the Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (Selda) and Hustisya, Benny Barid, detained at the Maximum Security Compound of the NBP, passed away last September 18. Barid had stayed for three years as a patient at the […]
Binatikos ng Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) ang pagpasa sa Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) sa Senado, at sinabing desperadong hakbang ito para muling buhayin ang matagal nang patay na reporma sa lupa. Noong Miyerkules, ipinasa sa ikatlo at pinal na pagbasa sa Senado ang Senate Bill No. 2278 ni Sen. Gregorio Honasan. Papayagan ng […]
Human rights and progressive groups are up in arms over the Malolos court’s decision to transfer former General Jovito Palparan to the Philippine Army Custodial Center in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City. The groups called for the detention of Palparan in Bulacan Provincial Jail. Citing supposed threat to the ex-general’s security, the Regional Trial Court Branch […]
A human rights group in the Cordillera region denounced the military for allegedly using civilians in a spate of encounters in Abra province against the New People’s Army (NPA). The group, in a statement, said that 24 civilians in Lacub, Abra were coerced and used as human shield by the 41st Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army on September 5. […]
Sa loob at labas ng korte, bantay sarado si dating Hen. Jovito Palparan ng armadong mga puwersa ng Philippine National Police, Armed Forces of the Philippines, National Bureau of Investigation at Special Weapons And Tactics habang isinasagawa ang pre-trial hearing sa kaso nito sa Malolos Regional Trial Court (RTC). Ikinagalit ng mga kaanak ang anila’y labis […]
