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LARAWAN | Nora Aunor, pinarangalan ng mga guro bilang ‘pambansang artista ng mamamayan’

“Kapuri-puri ang walang pasubali at buong-husay niyang pagganap sa piling mga pelikulang kontrobersiyal dahil sa pagtalakay at pagsusuri sa mga isyung panlipunan.” Iyan ang pahayag ng Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) sa paggawad kay Nora Aunor bilang “Pambansang Artista ng Mamamayan” nitong Agosto 29 sa Tanghalang Bayan ng Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) sa […]

Indigenous leader arrested after presscon on campaign vs pork barrel

Human rights advocates cried foul over the arrest of Genasque Enriquez, an indigenous Manobo leader and activist, in Surigao City after attending a press conference calling on people’s support for a people’s initiative to abolish the pork barrel system. Three counts of frustrated murder have been filed against him by the Philippine Army, according to […]

‘Palparan duwag, sinungaling’

Nagpupuyos sa galit ang mga biktima ni dating heneral Jovito Palparan sa “espesyal na pagtrato umanong tinatamasa nito mula nang mahuli siya noong Miyerkules. Sa kabila ng commitment order ng korte na ilipat siya sa Bulacan Provincial Jail, nanatili pa rin ang tinaguriang “berdugo” sa kustodiya ng National Bureau of Investigation (NBI). Naghain si Palparan […]

DAP-funded projects to displace indigenous peoples

Indigenous peoples commemorated this week the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples by holding a protest action against Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP)-funded projects that will displace thousands of indigenous peoples from their ancestral homes. In a protest held in Mendiola Bridge last August 12, Ayta, Igorot, and Dumagat tribe members denounced President Aquino regime for his […]