WATCH: How Mendiola massacre happened
The video shows, among others, the scenes of the huge protest action by peasant organizations led by Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) on January 22, 1987, from Liwasang Bonifacio to Mendiola Bridge.
Arrests, harassment vs peace consultants, negotiator intensify
Human rights group Karapatan scored the Aquino administration for arresting another peace consultant to the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP). Karapatan said peace consultant Adelberto Silva, 67, was arrested by combined elements of military intelligence units as well as the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group of the Philippine National Police (PNP) on June […]
Eskuwela ng mga katutubo sa Talaingod, pinasusunog ng militar, mga guro binabantaan
Inutusan ng mga sundalo ng gobyerno ang mga lider-katutubo ng Salugpungan Ta Tanu Igkanugon sa Sitio Tibukag, Talaingod, Davao del Sur na sunugin ang sarili nilang katutubong eskuwelahan na inaakusahan ng mga sundalo na “eskuwelahan ng mga rebelde”. Iniulat ni Datu Ginom Andel, pinuno ng Salugpungan, sa Save Our Schools Network na patuloy ang panghaharas sa kanila ng mga […]
LARAWAN | #May1Fight: Pagbitiw ni Aquino, muling hiniling ng obrero’t mamamayan
Humigit-kumulang 20,000 katao ang nagtipon sa Liwasang Bonifacio, Maynila sa maiinit na Araw ng Paggawa para muling hilingin ang pagbibitiw ni Pangulong Aquino. Ang kanilang batayan: pagpapahirap umano sa mga manggagawa at pagpapabaya umano sa mga mamamayan na dumulo sa iba’t ibang pambansang trahedya tulad ng muntik nang pagbitay sa overseas Filipino worker na si […]
#MaryJaneLives
[cycloneslider id=”maryjanelives”] It was a uniquely amazing experience: thousands of people, anxiously awaiting the imminent execution of one of their own — Filipino migrant worker Mary Jane Veloso — and then being told that something unexpectedly good happened after all. She lived. The Indonesian president, Joko Widodo, had, at literally the last minute, decided to stay Mary […]
Did Noynoy do enough to #SaveMaryJaneVeloso? Here are five points that prove he didn’t.
During the past few days and hours, President Aquino, according to his spokespersons, has been busy trying to convince Indonesian President Joko Widodo to save overseas Filipino worker Mary Jane Veloso from the firing squad. He did the five-minute walk with Jokowi and asked him to consider Mary Jane as a witness against drug cartels […]
LIVE UPDATES | #SaveMaryJaneVeloso
Tweets by @pinoyweekly This April 28, the Indonesian government led by President Joko Widodo has committed to kill overseas Filipino worker Mary Jane Veloso. This despite the frantic last-minute campaign to plead for her clemency, from the various people’s organizations and personalities in the Philippines to Indonesian groups and celebrities to migrant rights activists and […]
Larawan | Ika-42 taon ng pagkakatatag ng NDF, ginunita sa raling iglap
Nagsagawa ng raling iglap sa mataong kalsada ng EDSA at Aurora Boulevard sa Cubao, Quezon City ang rebolusyonaryong mga organisasyong kaanib ng National Democratic Front (NDF), bilang paggunita sa ika-42 anibersaryo ng pagkakatatag nito. Sa kanilang martsa, muling ipinanawagan ng NDF ang pagpapatalsik sa namamayaning sistemang pampulitika at panlipunan sa Pilipinas na kinakatawan ng administrasyong Aquino. […]
Kaso vs mag-asawang Tiamzon, ibinasura ng korte
Ibinasura ng Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 81 ang isa sa dalawang kaso ng kidnapping laban kina Benito Tiamzon at Wilma Austria, mag-asawang rebolusyonaryo at kapwa peace consultant ng National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDF). Ayon sa grupong Karapatan, nabigong sumipot sa pre-trial hearing ng korte si Sgt. John Jacob, tumatayong complainant-witness sa isang […]
Health groups intensify calls for Aquino’s resignation
Health workers’ groups gathered at Plaza Salamanca along Taft Avenue in Manila to intensify their call for President Aquino’s resignation from the presidency, days after the latest House hearing on the Mamasapano bloodbath. An alliance of health advocates, workers, and professionals calling for Aquino’s resignation, Rx: Aquino Resign Now!, said that the president’s crimes can no […]