The general amnesty proposal and the peace talk overtures come in just a short whiff of time before the implementation of the Human Security Act (HSA), also known as the Anti-Terrorism Law. BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 22, July 8-14, 2007 Going by the recent statements of Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita and…
Day: July 7, 2007
The Faces of Impunity
Recent moves by the Macapagal-Arroyo administration show its regard for the people’s sovereign will and human rights: it violates these with impunity. And things may get worse with the impending implementation of the Anti-Terrorism Law euphemistically called the Human Security Act. That is, if the Filipino people allow it do so. BY BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat…
Macapagal-Arroyo and Command Responsibility
A consensus is shaping up among lawyers’ circles, human rights groups, civil libertarians and others that the case against President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, along with rogue generals implicated in the war crimes and crimes against humanity, should proceed under the principle of command responsibility even if this means calling for her arrest and indictment in an…
Terrorist Tag and Peace
It is tragic that the Arroyo regime is wasting time and squandering what has been achieved so far in the peace negotiations in a bid to maintain itself illegitimately in power. After five years of using “anti-terrorism” as a trump card to pressure the NDF, the government has in fact moved farther from reaching an…
Anti-Terrorism Act to be used for State Terrorism
BY JOSE MARIA SISON* Posted by Bulatlat Democratic Space Vol. VII, No. 22, July 8-14, 2007 The Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA, Republic Act No. 9372 or the Human Security Act of 2007) is part of the global wave of fascist legislation and state terrorism generated by the so-called global war on terror under the Bush regime…
A Dire Portent of Things to Come for Media under Anti-Terrorism Law
BY THE NATIONAL UNION OF JOURNALISTS OF THE PHILIPPINES Posted by Bulatlat Democratic Space Vol. VII, No. 22, July 8-14, 2007 The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) treats as a serious threat to press freedom and the people’s right to know Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez’s statement that, under the Human Security Act,…
Hindi Dapat Matulog ang Gabi
NI RADO CERVO III Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 22, July 8-14, 2007 Sumusulak na bulkan ang poot ko tuwinang maririnig Sa radyo ang nagaganap sa mga kasamang ipinipiit Ang karapatan at tuluyang ninanakaw ang pag-asa. Kaya naman kung minsa’y gusto kong pinahahalakhak Ang tinatagipos at laging nakasandig na armalayt Upang maibsan ang init…
Ang Bugtong na Ina ng mga Terorista
NI MYKEL ANDRADA Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 22, July 8-14, 2007 Ang anak ay nakaupo na, Ang ina’y gumagapang pa. Nang ang Ina’y makaupo na, Ang mga anak ay pinagapang na! Hindi hari, hindi pari, Nagdadamit ng sari-sari. Parang si Imelda, parang si Cory, May anak na palalo’t maarte. Dalawang bundok, May holen…
Hamon sa Makata
NI NOEL SÁLES BARCELONA Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 22, July 8-14, 2007 1. Isumpit mo, makata Ang iyong tula sa hangin – Parang palaso, Sa lupang may bahid ng dugo Iyong patamain. Huwag pabayaang salakabin ng mga palalo Ang iyong talino. Kapag itinanikala – Patuluan ng luha at dugo Hayaang kalawangin hanggang mapugto.…
Family Insists AFP Abducted Leopoldo Ancheta
Despite the junking of the habeas corpus petition they filed against the military, the siblings of Leopoldo Ancheta insist that only the military has the motive and the means to abduct their brother. BY DABET CASTAÑEDA Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 22, July 8-14, 2007 The siblings of Leopoldo Ancheta vows to appeal the decision of…
Terror Law Spooks Neophyte Davao Councilor
Neophyte councilor Karlo Bello, who was recently selected as the chairman of the Davao City Council’s Committee on Civil, Political and Human Rights, has expressed reservations about the anti-terrorism law, or the Human Security Act, saying it might result in more human-rights abuses. BY CHERYLL D. FIEL Davao Today Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII, No.…