Nagsampa ng kaso ang security guard na si Rolly Panesa laban sa mga militar at pulis na ilegal na umaresto, nagkulong at nagtortyur sa kanya, sa loob ng 11-buwang pagkakakulong sa akusasyong lider-rebelde siya. Kasama ng mga abogado mula sa National Union of People’s Lawyers (NUPL) at grupong pangkarapatang pantao na Karapatan, nagtungo sa Department […]
Three years into the administration of Benigno S. Aquino III, the still unraveling multi-billion pork barrel scam is the biggest scandal to hit a presidency that claims to stand for “clean governance.” The involvement of senators, congressmen, and even Palace officials in the scam, as well as Aquino’s refusal to abolish the pork barrel system, […]
Binatikos ng mga grupong makakalikasan ang anila’y tumataas na bilang ng paglabag sa karapatan ng mga aktibistang tutol sa pagmimina, kasunod ng pinakahuling serye ng pagpaslang sa katutubong mga mamamayan sa Katimugang Mindanao at pagkawala ng isang aktibista sa Nueva Vizcaya. “Malinaw na dumarami na naman ang paglabag sa karapatan ng mga aktibistang pangkalikasan sa […]
Families and human rights defenders remembered those who were disappeared for years through poems, songs, dances and other cultural performances in Palma hall of the University of the Philippines-Diliman – the home school of two students Karen Empeno and Sherlyn Cadapan. This was the first time families of desaparecidos commemorated the International Day of the […]
In 2007, several photographers began a documentary project called SURFACING to highlight the plight of the families of the disappeared, or the desaparecidos in the Philippines. We sought to raise public awareness of this and other important human rights issues through photography and creative storytelling. Six years since this project began, the families continue to […]
Filmmaker JL Burgos shot and edited this short video documentary on the #MillionPeopleMarch against pork barrel last August 26, for Red Ants Productions and in cooperation with PinoyMedia Center. As the title suggests, pork barrel — or the lump-sum, discretionary allocations to legislators, executive officials and the President — is indeed one glaring example of […]
Tinatayang di-bababa sa 100,000 ang nasa Luneta noong Agosto 26 para magprotesta laban sa pork barrel at pananatili at paglaki pa nito sa ilalim ng administrasyong Aquino. Sinabi sa pulisya na aabot sa 75,000 lang ang nasa Luneta at Rizal Park sa Maynila, pero tantiya ng ilang eksperto na aabot sa 350,000 ang peak na […]
Tinatayang daan-daang libong Pilipino ang lumahok sa Million People March laban sa pork barrel noong Agosto 26, Araw ng mga Bayani, sa Rizal Park. Naging mistulang bayani ang bawat Pilipino na nagpahayag ng pagtutol sa korupsiyon. Mula Luneta, libu-libo pa ang nagmartsa patungong Mendiola para panagutin si Pang. Benigno Aquino III sa bilyun-pisong pork barrel […]
Residents of Nueva Vizcaya and indigenous people’s organizations expressed alarm over heavy military presence in their barangays where mining operations exists. They also condemned the alleged abduction of a staunch anti-mining activist in the area. “The people of Nueva Vizcaya have maintained barricade for years to prevent mining operations in their lands, and this resistance […]
An attempt to dampen the burgeoning protest movement against the pork barrel. This was how progressive groups described President Aquino’s press conference supposedly announcing the “abolition” of discretionary funds allotted for legislators called the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) or more popularly called “pork barrel”. The umbrella organization, Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan), criticized the Aquino’s […]
