Macky Macaspac

Macky Macaspac

Macky Macaspac is a writer and photojournalist.

SEA indigenous people to media: Give voice to our struggles

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 […]

Martial Law activist dies in prison

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 […]

Pagbuhay sa expired na CARP, kinuwestiyon ng mga magsasaka

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 […]

Military used civilians as shield in Abra encounter, rights group says

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. […]

Palparan bantay-sarado ng gobyerno sa pagdinig sa korte

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 […]

Mabilis na paglitis kay Palparan, panawagan ng kaanak ng desaparecidos

Kasabay ng paggunita sa International Day of the Disappeared, nanawagan ang grupong Desaparecidos para sa mabilis na paglilitis at paghatol kay dating heneral Jovito Palparan. Sa isang pagtitipon sa Unibersidad ng Pilipinas kaninang umaga, sinabi ni Lorena Santos, pangkalahatang kalihim ng Desaparecidos, na sapat ang ebidensiya na nagtuturo ky Palparan bilang ‘utak’ sa pagdukot sa […]