A Manila court ruled out Criminal Investigation and Detection Group’s (CIDG) request to transfer the detention of Wilma Austria and Benito Tiamzon, alleged top leaders of the Communist Party of the Philippines, from Camp Crame Custodial Center to a Bureau of Jail Management Penology prison facility. In a hearing this morning for charges of multiple […]
Hinarang at pinagbawalan ng mga armadong guwardiya ng isang minahan sa Nueva Vizcaya ang grupo ng mga estudyante at guro mula sa University of the Philippines-Diliman noong Mayo 31. Ayon sa Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment (Kalikasan-PNE), sa loob ng anim na oras ay hinarang at pinigilan ng 13 guwardiya ng FCF Minerals Corp. […]
Unable to attend her dead two-day old daughter’s funeral, political prisoner Andrea Rosal was given only three hours to attend to baby Diona Andrea’s wake at the Iglesia Filipina Independiente church in Taft Avenue, Manila. “It is not enough,” said a grieving Rosal. The court cited security reasons as well as Rosal’s own medical condition […]
The two-day old baby of political prisoner Andrea Rosal passed away at 5 p.m. today at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of the Philippine General Hospital (PGH), according to human rights group Karapatan. Baby Diona Andrea was brought to the NICU due to hypoxemia or oxygen deficiency in the blood, was on artificial respirator […]
Pinoy Weekly interviews the fierce Lumad leader wanted by authorities for leading a successful resistance movement against large logging corporation, Alsons, during the 1990s.
Alarming human rights violations (HRVs) against indigenous peoples have prompted an ongoing national solidarity and fact-finding mission (FFM) in Mindanao, focusing on the recent mass exodus of around 1,700 Manobo families from Talaingod, Davao del Sur. In Talaingod, the 60th and 68th Infantry Batallion of the Philippine Army, in counter-insurgency efforts, subjected civilians to aerial […]
April 27, 2014 Divine Mercy Sunday Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III The President of the Philippines Mr. President: Tomorrow, April 28, 2014, as we sadly commemorate the 7th anniversary of the abduction of Jonas, we recall how a few days before you were sworn in as President of the Republic of the Philippines, we were […]
Dinepensahan ng mga Lumad ang progresibong mga grupo na tumutulong sa kanila sa evacuation camp sa Davao City. Ayon sa Salugpongan ‘Ta Tanu Igkanugon, organisasyon ng mga Ata-Manobo, di-totoo ang pahayag ni Mayor Basilio Libayao at ng Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) na pinilit silang palikasin mula sa kanilang mga komunidad sa Talaingod, Davao del […]
Sinampahan ng panibagong kasong kriminal sina Wilma Austria at Benito Tiamzon, mga lider ng rebolusyonaryong kilusan, sa Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 81. Kinasuhan ang dalawa ng kidnapping and serious illegal detention dahil daw sa pagdukot sa isang ahente ng Narcotics Command at tatlong iba pang elemento ng militar sa Mauban, Quezon noong 1998. […]
MALOLOS, BULACAN — Niloloko na naman kami ng militar. Ito ang reaksiyon ng mga kaanak nina Sherlyn Cadapan at Karen Empeño, mga estudyante ng Unibersidad ng Pilipinas na hinihinalang dinukot ng mga militar noon pang 2006, nang muling mabigo ang depensa para magharap ng kanilang testigo. Hindi dumating sa pagdinig ng Malolos Regional Trial Court […]
