News Release May 17, 2010 The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) welcomes the Supreme Court decision that junked First Gentleman Mike Arroyo’s bid to stop the hearings of the P12.5-million class suit filed by journalists for his unconstitutional attempts to curtail press freedom. Disclaimer | What you are reading is either a…
Day: May 17, 2010
Three Journalists Receive Death Threats
News Release May 17, 2010 Three of the seven journalists who were trapped in Camiguin from May 9 to May 11 after two of them were physically attacked allegedly by Governor Jurdin Jesus Romualdo and his supporters have reported receiving death threats. Disclaimer | What you are reading is either a press release/ statement or…
The NDFP is Ready to Resume Formal Peace Talks with the new GRP administration
News Release May 17, 2010 “The NDFP is committed to strive for a just and lasting peace in our country… On the basis of The Hague Joint Declaration and the other agreements already signed, the National Democratic Front of the Philippines is willing and ready to resume formal peace talks with the new administration of…
Justice for the Children of War
By CJ KUIZON Davao Today Posted by Bulatlat.com DAVAO CITY – In April 2007, the remote town of New Bataan in the province of Compostela Valley–some three to four hours from downtown Davao City–hogged the headlines when a nine year old girl was killed and soldiers identified her as a New Peoples Army (NPA) child…
Former NUJP Chair: Hunt for Information in the Philippines, a Deadly Game
By GERMELINA LACORTE Davao Today Posted by Bulatlat.com DAVAO CITY—Twenty-three years after the ratification of the Philippine Constitution that ensured the public’s right to know, the hunt for information in the country remains a deadly game, the former chair of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines said. “Our right to information is still…
May 2010 Elections, Neither Fair nor Honest – Foreign Observers
By MARYA SALAMAT
“With the many serious problems in the whole election process, it is only through the efforts of the people – the sacrifices made by the public school teachers and the resilience of voters – that the election was made possible,” said the Peoples’ International Observers’ Mission.
2010 Elections: Four G’s during Abra polls
By JENNY S. DE VENECIA
International observer intimidated by the Armed Forces of the Philippines in Abra
2010 Elections: Election Fraud Still Seen as a Problem in ARMM Elections, Despite Automation
By CAMILLE ANNE DE ASIS
“Though the automation of the elections brought quite a few positive changes in the electoral system…Unfortunately, these improvements were not sufficient to break the established system of command votes, in which political leaders dictate people’s choices, and continues to thwart the true exercise of the right to suffrage,” said Salik Ibrahim of the Citizens’ Coalition for ARMM Electoral Reforms.
Salungguhit: Goodbye Gloria?
Goodbye Gloria?