By Kathy Kelly Truthout International Posted by Bulatlat ‘In early June 2009, I was in the Shah Mansoor displaced persons camp in Pakistan, listening to one resident detail the carnage that had spurred his and his family’s flight there a mere 15 days earlier. Their city, Mingora, had come under massive aerial bombardment. He recalled…
Month: June 2009
Fatal After-effects of Mining Worry Residents of Mining Towns
By LYN V. RAMO Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat BAGUIO CITY — A woman in her 50’s could not help but cry at the thought that six of her nephews and nieces are facing imminent danger in Mankayan. Janet Mayanggao, a resident of Colalo, Mankayan, Benguet, was among the locals who retold stories about incidents…
Soldiers use Sagada tour guides as human shields in military operations
By ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat SAGADA, Mountain Province – Army troopers based here, 275 kms. north of Manila, forcibly took two Sagada tourist guides and used them as human shields and guides in their military operations at the forested areas near Abra. Sources identified the tourist guides as Christopher Angway and…
NPA Command Accuses Army of Human Rights Violations in Abra
By Aldwin Quitasol Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat BAGUIO CITY — The New People’s Army (NPA) in the province of Abra hit the 50th Infantry Battalion of the 503rd Brigade of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for preventing the people and the family of slain NPA guerrilla fighter Michael “Ka Tarius” Reyes from…
Benjie Oliveros | The Real Score on the Economy
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Analysis Bulatlat MANILA — The Arroyo government can no longer hide the truth: the crisis-ridden economy is on a downward spin. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and her economic managers have been boasting that their economic policies have shielded the country from the effects of the global economic crisis. Even as the administration projected…
End the Policy of Torture and Human Rights Violations; Stop Oplan Bantay Laya!
The human rights organization, Karapatan, together with the Samahan ng mga Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at para sa Amnestiya (SELDA), Hustisya! and the families of the Desaparecidos, today observes the International Day In Solidarity with Victims of Torture with a protest action in front of the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA). NICA IS one of…
Fil-Am Melissa Roxas to Speak Publicly About Abduction, Torture in Philippines
LOS ANGELES, CA – In her first public appearance since being released from captivity, Melissa Roxas, a U.S. citizen abducted and tortured in the Philippines from May 19-25, will hold a press conference to describe the human rights abuses she endured while held for six days in an alleged military camp. Ms. Roxas, an American…
News in Pictures: Anakpawis Wants Court to Stop e-Passport Deal
Members of the Anakpawis party-list group trooped to the Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 46 on Friday to demand a favorable ruling on a legal case they filed last March 30. They filed a Mandamus and Prohibition with application for Temporary Restraining Order and/or Preliminary Injunction in line with the alleged irregularities and anomalous transactions…
News in Pictures: Arroyo Gets Failing Grade from Students
On June 18, Kabataan Kontra Cha-Cha!, a national youth movement against moves by the Arroyo government to change the Philippine Constitution, was launched through the initiative of League of Filipino Students (LFS). “If the Arroyo regime continues to force Charter Change despite snowballing opposition across all sectors, the prospects of escalating student protests around Malacanang…
Video: ‘Torture Part of Arroyo Regime’s Official Policy’
‘Torture Part of Arroyo Regime’s Official Policy’
Video: Mrs. Burgos Slams Promotion of Jonas’s Abductors, Calls for Ouster of President Arroyo
Promotion of Jonas’s ‘Abductors’ Slammed