Now on its third year, the One Billion Rising (OBR) campaign in the Philippines sets the stage once more to rise and dance with the world — this time to revolt against the continuing violence against women and children in all forms on February 14. With this year’s theme “Rise Against Violence, Poverty and Impunity,” OBR Philippines, led by […]
Ano ang papel ni Pangulong Aquino at ng gobyerno ng Estados Unidos sa palpak na operasyon sa Mamasapano? Sa tinataguriang pinakahuling disaster sa ilalim ni Aquino, sumisigaw ng hustisya ang mga biktima, kasabay ng panawagan ng pagbibitiw ng pangulo. Sa video na ito, ipinapakita ang mga nasa likod ng Operation Wolverine. Ipinapakita rin ang epekto ng […]
Nagprotesta ang progresibong mga grupo sa paanan ng Malakanyang sa Mendiola Bridge, gayundin sa US Embassy, para ipanawagan ang pagbibitiw sa puwesto ni Pangulong Aquino at pagpapanagot sa gobyernong US sa naiuulat na pagkakasangkot nito sa pagdanak ng dugo sa Mamasapano, Maguindanao noong nakaraang linggo. Naganap ang protesta sa araw ng 116 taon ng paggunita ng simula […]
Ngayong 2015, mahigit 20 taon nang nakapailalim ang bansa sa General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade-World Trade Organization (GATT-WTO). Hindi man inaamin ng gobyerno, nagkatotoo ang pinangangambahan noon ng mga tumutol sa nasabing kasunduan: wawasakin nito ang lokal na ekonomiya. “Natalo man tayo sa botohan, tayo ang tama. Nagkatotoo ang ating mga pangamba,” ani Sen. […]
Moro human rights group Suara Bangsamoro slammed President Aquino’s order to Justice Sec. Leila de Lima to file a case against several leaders of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) for the botched operation in Mamasapano, Maguindanao that led to the death of 44 police commandos, 18 Moro […]
By now, outrage is widespread and unequivocal on the commander-in-chief’s role in the botched mission that claimed the lives of 44 Special Action Forces, 18 Moro Islamic Liberation Front fighters, and at least seven civilians. The kindest public opinion on the stories that have come out is that President Aquino is an unfeeling coward, one […]
Madalas ituring ang mga bata na isang biyaya. Liban sa pag-asa sila sa kinabukasan, nakapagbibigay sila ng tuwa sa bawat pamilya, at nakakaalis din ng pagod. Sa kanilang taglay na katangian, nararapat lang na arugain sila, pakainin, pag-aralin, gabayan at hayaang sa kanilang paglalaro at pakikisalamuha sa kapwa ay ganap na umunlad at lumaking kapaki-pakinabang […]
Moro human rights organization Suara Bangsamoro has submitted to Pinoy Weekly some of the photos that they took of the site where the remains of many of the (at least) 44 police commandos were recovered, after the bloody encounter with Moro rebels in Mamasapano, Maguindanao on January 25. Jerome Succor Aba, Suara Bangsamoro spokesperson, said he […]
Moro human rights group Suara Bangsamoro has revealed to Pinoy Weekly that at least 1,500 Moro civilians have fled their communities in Brgy. Tukalanipao in Mamasapano town of Maguindanao province in the aftermath of the fighting between police Special Action Force (SAF) commandos and members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom […]
At least one American soldier died during the fierce fighting between Philippine government police commandos and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) in Mamasapano, Maguindanao on January 25, witnesses said. Jerome Succor Aba, spokesperson of Moro human rights group Suara Bangsamoro, said that they were able to interview a […]
