By RONALYN V. OLEA and
ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
The CHR will not renege on its mandate under the Constitution. You have been testing our patience,” Leila de Lima said. “We will initiate the appropriate contempt orders,” she added.
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
Making a mockery of the party-list system, which is supposed to provide space for marginalized and under-represented sectors in the formulation of laws, are party-list groups that are represented not by the marginalized but those who seek a seat in Congress to reinforce the Arroyo clique and those who are motivated by self-serving ends.
By JENNIFER CHAN Bulatlat.com Step aside, Hercules. There’s a new demigod in town. In Clash of the Titans (2010), Perseus—son of Zeus—steps up to the plate to defeat the mighty Kraken. To do that, he must go to Medusa’s lair, chop her head off and return to Argos before Princess Andromeda meets her doom. Sounds…
By GILL BOEHRINGER Bulatlat.com Forty three health professionals and community health workers were illegally arrested February 6 in a dawn raid by a swarm of Philippine Army and Police personnel. Incredibly, the arrest was trumpeted as a huge triumph in the counter-insurgency program which the government of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has been obsessively trying to…
Press Release 12 April 2010 The biodiversity conservation award given to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo by International Conservation Caucus Foundation (ICCF) and Global Environment Facility (GEF) is an affront to genuine environmentalists and advocates who have been struggling for their basic rights and welfare of their communities contends progressive green groups. “What green credentials does Gloria…
PRESS RELEASE April 10, 2010 Davao City — National indigenous sectoral group KATRIBU Partylist challenged local candidates to address the logging problem in Davao City as it received reports from Manobo leaders in Brgy. Malabog, Paquibato District regarding the illegal logging operations in the area. Area reports say illegal logging activities are being conducted in…
Press Statement April 12, 2010 Davao City — Militant labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU-Southern Mindanao) and Anakpawis Southern Mindanao labeled the proposition made by the government and other economists to freeze wage increase as a vicious practice of government that turns a blind eye to the misery of workers. “Freezing wage increase amidst the…
Press Statement April 12, 2010 We, the 43 community health workers also known as the Morong 43, condemn our illegal arrest and continued detention with emotional and psychological torture. We are unjustly and gravely accused of illegal possession of firearms and explosives. As community health workers, we were conducting training to save lives and not…
Camp Canpinpin April 12, 2010 We, the 43 community health workers also known as the Morong 43, condemn our illegal arrest and continued detention with emotional and psychological torture. We are unjustly and gravely accused of illegal possession of firearms and explosives. As community health workers, we were conducting training to save lives and not…
Press Statement April 12, 2010 The Armed Forces of the Philippines, the Philippine National Police and the Department of Justice should stop evading CHR investigation because the truth will always find its way to surface. FREE THE 43 HEALTH WORKERS NOW! ALLIANCE scored the state troops’ irregularities and insincerity in taking responsibility of the Morong…