Two of the nine-member Philippine delegation of human rights defenders named the “Ecumenical Voice for Peace and Human Rights in the Philippines” shared the outcome of their lobbying efforts before various international organizations and entities in a press conference last week in Quezon City. BY EMILY VITAL Bulatlat Two of the nine-member Philippine delegation of…
Month: March 2007
Nobel Laureate Supports 2nd Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal Session on RP
Nobel Peace Prize Winner Most Rev. Desmond Tutu, Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town, South Africa, is one of the several supporters of the 2nd Session on the Philippines of the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal (PPT) – where the Arroyo regime, the U.S. government, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank (IMF-WB), the World Trade Organization…
Harassed Bayan Muna Member Files Charges vs AFP
BY AUBREY MAKILAN Posted 3:50 p.m., March 21, 2007 Bayan Muna (People First) member Alberto Corbes filed election-related and criminal charges today against the members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) deployed in Lupang Pangako, Payatas, Quezon City. At 10:30 a.m., Corbes, assisted by Karapatan (Alliance for the Advancement of People’s Rights) legal…
‘Martial Law Na Ba?’ (Is It Now Martial Law?)
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Posted 4:21 p.m., March 21, 2007 Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan or New Patriotic Alliance) secretary-general RenatoReyes Jr. had one question as he spoke late this morning before a rally of hundreds near the Manila Police District (MPD) in Manila. “Martial law na ba?” (Is it now Martial Law?) Reyes cried as…
Ka Satur Hastily Transferred to Leyte
BY BULATLAT Posted 10:45 a.m. March 19, 2007 Rep. Satur Ocampo of Bayan Muna Party (BM or People First) was awakened in his detention cell at the Western Police District in Manila at 3 a.m. this morning by Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) agents and was told that he was to be transferred to Leyte.…
Leyte Judge Allows Ocampo to Stay
BY BULATLAT Posted 10:55 a.m. March 19, 2007 Romeo Capulong, counsel for Rep. Satur Ocampo, announced in a gathering for Ocampo at Club Filipino in Greenhills, San Juan, that the Leyte judge granted the petition to allow Ocampo’s continued detention in Manila by placing him under the custody of Local Government Undersec. Marius Corpus. Capulong…
Ka Satur in Leyte
BY BULATLAT Posted 12:55 a.m. March 19, 2007 Rep. Satur Ocampo was still flown to Leyte at 11:54 am today accompanied by Bobbie Malay, his wife, Rep. Teddy Casino and Bayan Muna staff, and the PNP custodial team. He will be brought back to Manila after the PNP receives the order by Judge Ephraim Abando…
Son Condemns Arrest of Ka Satur
Detained lawmaker Satur Ocampo’s son, Anto, weeps at a solidarity gathering for his father at the Club Filipino in Ortigas. “I am outraged,” the young Ocampo said of his father’s third arrest since martial law. BY DABET CASTANEDA Bulatlat Posted 3:35 p.m., March 19, 2007 In a solidarity gathering for detained Bayan Muna lawmaker Satur…
Ocampo Back in Manila
BY BULATLAT Posted 5:30 p.m., March 19, 2007 Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo is back in Manila. He is again detained at the Manila Police District (MPD) along United Nations Avenue in Manila. As early as 11:30 a.m., Bayan Muna third nominee and general counsel Neri Colmenares said the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Leyte…
‘Martial Law Na Ba?’ (Is It Now Martial Law?)
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Posted 4:21 p.m., March 21, 2007 Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan or New Patriotic Alliance) secretary-general Renato Reyes Jr. had one question as he spoke late this morning before a rally of hundreds near the Manila Police District (MPD) in Manila. “Martial law na ba?” (Is it now Martial Law?) Reyes cried…
Rolling with the Times
Davaoeños are forced by the hard times to be creative. This man transformed his traysikad (bicycle sidecar) into a mobile sari-sari (variety) store. He plies Juna Subdivision in Matina.(Bulatlat.com) Davaotoday.com Photo by Barry Ohaylan / Bulatlat