Honoring Crispin “Ka Bel” Beltran
Day: May 26, 2009
Scrap the VFA!
Press Release/ May 26, 2009 In September 1991, I was one of the tens of thousands of jubilant, soaking wet people who gathered outside the Senate when the historic vote was taken to not renew the bases treaty with the US. It was quite a night, marking the culmination of decades of struggle by one…
Video: Six Months Later, Dead OFW Comes Home to the Philippines
Six Months Later, Dead OFW Comes Home
Nuns Decry Inclusion of Church Workers in Military’s ‘Order of Battle’
An association of 350 Catholic nuns from 40 congregations in Mindanao expressed outrage over the inclusion of Church people to the reported ‘order of battle’ of the 10th Infantry Division of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. In a document titled “JCICC ‘AGILA’ 3rd QTR 2007 OB VALIDATION RESULT,” several Catholic and Protestant groups were…
The Context of Political Repression and the Legal Justice System
The following is the presentation made by lawyer Ameh Sato of the Public Interest Law Center (PILC) during a forum held by Pagbabago! at UP Diliman on May 21. As early as 2002, the Arroyo administration has launched war against its critics in the progressive forces, with the implementation of the so-called Oplan Bantay Laya…
The Awakening of Melissa R.
Melissa Roxas, the Filipino-American activist who was abducted along with two others on May 19, purportedly wrote this undated email message. Bulatlat.com is reposting it because it provides a glimpse into her character and might help explain why an American like her would be spending time in the remote villages of the Philippines, trying to…