By MARYA SALAMAT
A foreign investment-led, export-led growth economic model never led to genuine, sustainable development nor to the betterment of the living and working conditions of the country’s working population.
MANILA — Youth group Anakbayan today called on newly-proclaimed President Benigno Aquino III to prioritize the growing number of drop-outs in the first months of his term. In a press conference today, Anakbayan national vice-chairperson Anton Dulce called on Aquino to pressure the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) into immediately implementing a tuition freeze for…
A year after Ruby Rose’s body was found QUEZON CITY– On June 10, 2009, the Barrameda family’s two-year search for Ruby Rose ended in the murky waters off Navotas. Ruby Rose’s body was found stuffed in a steel barrel, cemented into a steel box submerged in the waters. The barrel and box were so well-soldered…
New York, NY — In line with the theme of the Philippine Independence Day Celebration 2010: “Bagong Pagsasama, Bagong Bayanihan, Bagong Pagbabago”, over 150 Filipino-American and im/migrant members of the National Alliance for Filipino Concerns (NAFCON) marched together through the streets of New York City last June 6, Sunday afternoon, to demand genuine change for…
Illegal Activity Violates Nuremberg Code and Could Open Door to Prosecution By PHYSICIANS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS Cambridge, MA– In the most comprehensive investigation to date of health professionals’ involvement in the CIA’s “enhanced” interrogation program (EIP), Physicians For Human Rights has uncovered evidence that indicates the Bush administration conducted illegal and unethical human experimentation and…
By MARYA SALAMAT
Peasants from haciendas in Luzon knocked on Aquino’s Times St residence with a letter outlining farmers’ suggestions on how Aquino could deliver his promised change, starting with real improvement in agriculture.
By RONALYN V. OLEA
During the 14th session of the United Nations human Rights Council, the Ecumenical Voice for Peace and Human Rights asked the help of the council to push the next government to fulfill the promise of incoming president Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III that he would have the perpetrators of extrajudicial killings captured and sent to jail.
By ANNE EDNALYN V. DE LA CRUZ
Poll Violations, Irregularities, Violence in Lanao Special Elections
The very same reasons that caused a failure of elections in Lanao del Sur remain unresolved even with the June 3 special elections.