NEWS RELEASE March 26, 2010 Kabataan Partylist Representative Raymond ‘Mong’ Palatino today said that the robbery case filed against five students of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) is a clear form of harassment by the PUP administration. Palatino particularly questioned the ‘necessity and fairness’ of filing a criminal offense against students ‘who were…
Day: March 26, 2010
Women’s Group Lauds Comelec Ruling on Partylist Nominations; Calls for Disqualification of Mikey Arroyo
NEWS RELEASE March 26, 2010 The militant women’s group GABRIELA welcomed the rules on the qualification of candidates for party-list representatives recently issue by the Commission on Elections and called on the poll body to immediately disqualify Mikey Arroyo from representing Ang Galing Party List. “We hope this recent guideline will weed out…
Militant Group Intensifies Campaign Against Arroyo’s Congressional Bid
News Release March 24, 2010 Militant group, Bagong Alyansang Makabayan-National Capital Region (Bayan-NCR) today calls on attention of voters in the second district of Pampanga not to support the congressional bid of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. The group made the statement as thousands marched from various converging points: Welcome Rotonda, Taft Avenue, Sta. Cruz and Tondo…
Everything is Wrong with the Concentration of Arroyos in the HOR
News Release 26 March 2010 “The statement of presidential spokesperson Ricardo Saludo that there is nothing wrong with the concentration of Arroyos in the House since other families do it as well is an indicator of the political quagmire into which the country has sunk,” Rep. Luz Ilagan of Gabriela Women’s Party said, adding that…
Longer Wage Freeze Ahead with Arroyo in Politics Beyond May Polls
News Release 26 March 2010 Gloria Arroyo’s occupation of any post in the bureaucracy after the May polls could mean an extended wage freeze and approval of more anti-labor policies for workers, labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno said today. KMU said with Arroyo having more than one ace up in her sleeve, a prolonged uphill…
Human Rights Worker in Zamboanga Decries Harassment
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
Dolorith Obsid, 41, a resident of Brgy. Carayagan, Josefina, Zamboanga Del Sur and a member of Justice and Peace Group (Jpag) complained of frequent visits to her home by suspected intelligence agents from the 5th and 55th Infantry Battalions, Philippine Army (IBPA).