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Muslim religious leaders, members of the Jamaah (congregation) at the mosque, students, the academe and civil society groups criticized the Bishop-Ulama Conference (BUC) for its ‘one-sided program of activities’ and alleged ‘malicious and suspicious process’ of...
NI RUSTUM CASIA Inilathala ng Bulatlat "Our Lord Jesus Christ lost in the survey and he was crucified and that's how we're going to judge President?" -- Cebu Rep. Pablo Garcia (Kampi) Akala ko, nakita at nadinig ko na ang lahat ng kabulastugan sa Kongreso. Pero ito...
BY HELEN ASDOLO Secretary General, Gabriela Southern Tagalog 5th Nominee, Gabriela Women's Party Posted by Bulatlat The junking of the impeachment complaint is a glaring demonstration of injustice in this country. It is proof that big time plunderer and murderers...
BY FR. JERRY SABADO, O.Carm Convenor, Justice Peace and Integrity of Creation Order of Carmelites Posted by Bulatlat The process to seek the truth is arduous. The hearing at the House of Representatives (HOR) Committee on Justice is frustrating. The numbers power...
The Department of Labor and Employment reported that 300 overseas Filipino workers have been terminated in Taiwan so far. But migrant groups said the number of retrenched OFWs is much bigger, hovering around more than a thousand. And that more would be laid off. BY...
On Nov. 25, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc passed a resolution moving the date of the OAV registration to February 2009 instead of this December. This, in effect, shortens the time allotted for the OAV registration from nine to seven months. Migrante...
A New York City-based women’s group of Filipino-Americans condemned what it calls unfounded charges against 72 activists in Southern Tagalog. Filipinas for Rights and Empowerment (FiRE), a member of GABRIELA, said the “recent spate of state repression and...
It did not come as a surprise that the Committee on Justice of the Lower House voted 48-2 to junk the fourth impeachment complaint against President Arroyo. It would also not come as a surprise if the Arroyo government forces charter change to its completion. But...
At ito ang aking blast from the past na umantig hindi pa sa aking politika, kundi sa politika ng pagtatanghal ng politika. Ang pananatili ng sistematikong kondisyon ng estado ay nangangahulugan ng pananatili at reimbensyon ng politikal, hindi lamang simpleng...
In a dialogue with the Free Atty. Saladero et. al. Coalition, Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Chairperson Leila de Lima yesterday was quoted as saying that, after intense local and international pressure caused a slight drop in the number of extra-judicial...
Human rights advocates staged a protest in front of the Department of Justice (DOJ) against the continuing detention of Elizabeth Principle, a consultant of the National Democratic Front (NDF) for the peace negotiations with the government. Members of the Society...
Members of a coalition calling for the release of jailed labor lawyer Remigio Saladero, Jr. and other activists facing trumped-up criminal charges trooped today to the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) and urged Chairperson Leila de Lima to investigate his illegal...
The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP-Peasant Movement of the Philippines) lambasted Cebu Representative Pablo Garcia for likening Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to Jesus Christ. Garcia said during Tuesday's impeachment hearing that Jesus Christ and Arroyo were...
Stamp ‘Congress’. The way these rubber stampers are gathered along a street in downtown Manila, they look as though they’re in a stamp “congress”. (Photo by RAYMUND VILLANUEVA)
The government tries to paint a superb picture of the current realities of Filipino farmers. Tagging them as heroes for being the nation’s food producer, the government proclaims what it is allegedly doing to support the sector. But the farmers of Musuan, Maramag,...
An alliance to defend activists in Southern Tagalog who presently face political persecution was launched November 22. BY RONALYN V. OLEA HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Bulatlat Dana, a petite 12-year-old girl, introduced herself to the audience as the daughter of Eden and...
The brother of Christopher L. Batan, a human rights worker slain in Mountain Province 15 years ago, has asked the Regional Trial Court to order Mountain Province police officials to explain their failure to issue a warrant of arrest against two of his killers. BY...
In February 2007, UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudical, Summary and Arbitrary Killings Philip Alston pointed to the Armed Forces of the Philippines as the culprit behind the spate of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances. Recently, the United National Human Rights Committee concluded that the Philippine government violated the rights of Eden Marcellana, then secretary general of Karapatan-Southern Tagalog, and Eddie Gumanoy, former secretary general of peasant group Kasama-TK, who were victims of extrajudicial killings in 2003.
Comparing mining companies and globalization to Goliath and to sharks, Bishop Jose R. Manguiran of Dipolog enjoined indigenous peoples, who he said are like David and dolphins, to practice bayanihan to fight for their rights.
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