BY DABET CASTAÑEDA Posted 5:55 p.m. Feb. 28, 2006 The ex parte inquest (inquest without the respondents) proceedings held at the House of Representatives (HOR) around 3:30 p.m. today regarding the rebellion charge filed against five party-list representatives was illegal, Neri Colmenares, general counsel of Bayan Muna (People First) said. Bayan Muna Reps. Satur Ocampo,…
Month: February 2006
Progressive Solons Defy Arrest
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Posted 6:50 p.m. Feb. 27, 2006 Four progressive party-list representatives – Satur Ocampo and Teddy Casiño of Bayan Muna (People First), Rafael Mariano of Anakpawis (Toiling Masses), and Liza Maza of Gabriela Women’s Party (GWP) who eluded arrest after a press conference of the House Minority bloc February 25 at the…
Ka Bel, Capulong Walk Out of DOJ Inquest
BY DABET CASTAÑEDA Posted 6:45 p.m. Feb. 27, 2006 Anakpawis Representative Crispin Beltran and his lawyer, Justice Romeo Capulong, walked out of the inquest proceedings for a new charge of rebellion filed against Beltran at the conference room of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) at noon today. Public Prosecutor Emmanuel Velasco of the…
KMU Leaders Arrested in Attempted Visit to Jailed Solon
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Posted 6:00 p.m. Feb. 27, 2006 Two leaders of the Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU or May First Movement) were arrested this morning as they and close to a hundred members of the said labor federation trooped to Camp Crame, the national headquarters of the Philippine National Police (PNP). Arrested were Dennis…
A Picture of the Human Right Situation in the Philippines: On Political Killings and Disappearances in 2005
By Bayan International Posted by Bulatlat The present human rights situation in the Philippines worsened as the Arroyo government, beset with a severe economic and political crisis, intensified its repression and use of state terror against the people and the opposition. The number of human rights violations in 2005 was the highest ever recorded since…
It is early morning in Iba, Zambales and these young men are getting ready for a day of fishing along the calm shore. The man in the foreground is tying the rope to his waist as he would be one of those to pull it later, while the others prepare to throw it into the…
Baryo Guinsaugon, Nabura sa Mapa
NI RAUL FUNILAS Inilathala ng Bulatlat Balana’y tahimik sa nayon. Ampiyas ng ulan, nag-alon. Ragasang nanaog, gumulong. Yugto ng wakas, bumangon. Olimpong sambulat, dagundong! Gumuho ang lupa sa bundok, Unahang tumabon. Nasadlak Itong walang muwang, nalito Na ang bawat isa. Diyos ko! Sabayang inusal nang lahat. Agarang naglaho, mulagat! Unahang kumilos, naawa – Gumawang-paraan, nabigla!…
At the Sidelines
On the 20th anniversary of the EDSA I uprising which booted out the Marcos dictatorship, former Presidents Corazon Aquino and Fidel Ramos and Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile are all expected to be in a celebratory mood though they may not necessarily want to be seen side by side with each other considering that they now…