Kasabay ng paghingi ng dispensa ng yunit ng gerilyang New People’s Army (NPA) sa pamilyang Guingona, muling ipinaliwanag ng mga rebolusyonaryo na istriktong ipinapatupad nila ang pagbabawal sa armadong mga tauhan ng nangangampanyang mga pulitiko sa kanilang mga teritoryo. Malubhang nasugatan si Mayor Ruthie Guingona, habang nasawi ang magkapatid na tauhan niya na sina Nestor […]
Sa kabila ng pagmamalaki ng Commission on Elections (Comelec) na matagumpay ang eleksiyong 2010 at ang mga “mock election” na isinagawa nito at ng kompanyang Smartmatic-TIM, nakita ng maraming election watchdog groups at ng mga eksperto sa information technology (IT) na maraming problemang kinakaharap ang Comelec at Smartmatic. Nakita ng AES Watch at iba pang grupo ang […]
Millions of people were affected, while countless lives were lost or permanently scarred, when typhoon Pablo hit Southern Mindanao on December last year. Today, months after the natural calamity struck that part of the country, man-made calamities once again threaten the people: large-scale mining operations and logging continue unimpeded, while the military intensifies its martial […]
Labing apat na taon nang nagtatrabaho sa Pentagon Steel Corporation si Nestle Gabriel, 36. Pero isang araw na papasok na sana siya sa pabrika, hindi na siya pinapasok ng manedsment. Tanggal na raw siya sa trabaho. Hindi pala siya nag-iisa. Kabilang si Gabriel sa 140 manggagawa ng naturang pabrika ng bakal na sabay-sabay tinanggalan ng […]
A 69-member fact-finding mission experienced harassment from elements of the 67th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army in Sitio Cabuyao, Barangay Binondo in the heavily militarized town of Baganga, Davao Oriental. While conducting investigation into reported cases of human rights violations in the area on April 19, drivers of vehicles rented by the FFM Team […]
The Benigno S. Aquino III regime is self-congratulatory about government statistics portraying an unusually high (6.6%) growth rate of the country’s Gross Domestic Product in 2012, starting with 6.3% in the first half to 7.1% in the latter part of the year. The regime is even more titillated that World Bank Country Director MotooKonishi now […]
Noong unang araw ng overseas absentee voting sa Hong Kong, hindi na maipagkaila ni Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chair Sixto Brillantes na maliit na badyet ang dahilan kung bakit may mga binago sila sa OAV tulad ng hindi na paggamit ng indelible ink bilang palatandaang nakaboto na ang isang tao. Subalit ang mas nakakapagngitngit ay […]
The human rights group Karapatan laughed off claims of a military “witness” that detained security guard Rolly Panesa was a “high ranking rebel leader.” Cristina Palabay, secretary-general of Karapatan said, “They’ve (AFP) become so unbelievable that they become laughable. Since day one, they have been given out laughable absurd statements. And now, (Panesa’s in jail […]
Workers led by militant labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno, as well as other progressive organizations, launched Metro Manila-wide protests against the power rate hike this April and the rising prices of basic commodities. Among the targets of protest was a local office in Espana Avenue, Manila of the country’s biggest power distributor, Manila Electro Co. […]
The militant women’s organization Gabriela held a demonstration on Wednesday in Manila near the US embassy to demand the departure of US troops, at the conclusion of the recent round of military exercises between US and Philippine troops. Gabriela again called for the abrogation of the RP-US Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA). Joan Salvador, Gabriela secretary […]
