The human rights group Karapatan said it deplores the Aquino government’s deployment of 400 military personnel and 10,000 policemen supposedly to contain the massive protest actions set to be staged on July 28, during President Aquino’s State of the Nation Address (SONA). “The paranoia of a beleaguered President is once again manifested through the deployment […]
Urban poor residents in Metro Manila and off-city relocation sites are questioning where the billions of pesos in Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) funds meant for their housing went—and it seems like they have every reason to. Former residents of Sitio San Roque, North Triangle, Quezon City today staged a protest at the National Housing Authority […]
Pinaninindigan ng mga complainant na tahasang nilabag ni Aquino ang Saligang Batas sa pagpayag na muling magbase-militar ang armadong puwersa ng US sa buong Pilipinas.
Independent think-tank IBON Foundation said that small and medium enterprises did not benefit from the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) as claimed by the Aquino administration. The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) reported last week that Php30 billion of the DAP–one of its’ biggest chunks–went to the recapitalization of the Banko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). […]
Did part of the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) that the Supreme Court declared unconstitutional come from funds of Overseas Filipino Workers? Migrante International, an organization of Filipino migrants and their families, called on the Aquino administration to reveal the true source of funds used for DAP, and suspects that part of it may have come […]
Naghain ng panibagong impeachment complaint ang mga organisasyon ng kabataan laban kay Pangulong Aquino sa Kamara. Inendorso ni Kabataan Rep. Terry Ridon ang complaint na nagsasabing nagkasala ang Pangulo ng culpable violation of the Constitution at betrayal of public trust sa pagpapatupad ng P177-Bilyong Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) na hinatulan ng Korte Suprema na labag […]
For seven years, farmer Gregorio Galacio sought justice for his daughter. Instead of attaining justice, he was killed by unidentified men believed to be military agents in his home in Barangay Kahayag, New Bataan, Compostela Valley. Hanimay Suazo, secretary general of Karapatan-Southern Mindanao Region, informed Pinoy Weekly that around 4AM of July 19, 2014, Galacio […]
The house that was peppered with bullets barely two weeks ago did not even have any police tape to indicate a crime. Only a thin plastic sheet covered the window from where two masked men aboard a motorcycle fired eight shots from a .45 caliber gun at around 11:00 a.m. on July 10, killing Nathaniel […]
Nitong pasukan, muling sinalubong ang mag-aaral at mga guro ng pare-parehong problema sa mga eskuwelahan. Sa kabila ito ng ipinagmamalaki ng administrasyong Aquino na natutugunan na umano ang mga kakulangang ito.
Nagpakita ng lakas ang mga empleyado ng Hudikatura para iprotesta ang anila’y “panggaganti” ng Malakanyang sa 13-0 desisyon ng Korte Suprema na nagdeklara na labag sa Saligang Batas ang ilang bahagi ng Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) ng administrasyong Aquino. Bilang simbolo ng kanilang protesta, lumabas sa harap ng Korte Suprema at Court of Appeals ang […]
