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Historic ‘surge’: Storm survivors demand justice, relief and rehabilitation

Almost three months after typhoon Yolanda (international name: Haiyan) hit the country, thousands of survivors “surged” through the streets of Tacloban City in the biggest protest that Eastern Visayas has seen in decades. Hailing from remote barrios to coastal villages, an estimated 12,000 people marched around the devastated city last January 25 to seek justice […]

Pagpaslang sa mga mamamahayag sa ilalim ni Aquino, pinuna ng Human Rights Watch

  Bigo ang gobyerno ng Pilipinas na sundan ng makabuluhang aksiyon ang retorika nitong pagsuporta sa karapatang pantao at pagwakas sa impunity, o kawalang pakundangan. Sa World Report 2014 ng pandaigdigang grupong pangkarapatang pantao na Human Rights Watch (HRW) na inilabas kamakailan, sinabi nitong repleksiyon ng pagtaas ng bilang ng pinatay na mga mamamahayag ang […]

Landless farmers press for Aquino’s ouster, ‘system change’

Farmers bearing the brunt of landlessness and “fascist attacks” of state forces today marched to the gates of Malacañang to press for the ouster of President Aquino, saying that injustice has heightened 27 years after the Mendiola Massacre. Hundreds of farmers from Hacienda Luisita, Hacienda Dolores, and other areas of unresolved land disputes in Central […]

Aquino charged with plunder of P125-M Malampaya funds

Farmers from the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) today filed a plunder case before the Office of the Ombudsman against Pres. Benigno Aquino III, Budget Sec. Florencio Abad, Agrarian Sec. Virgilio Delos Reyes, Janet Lim-Napoles, and nine others over the misuse of P125 Million of the Malampaya Fund. In a 16-page complaint with 70 documentary […]