By JOAN GARCIA
The claim of the Armed Forces of the Philippines that it has achieved victory in the Ilocos provinces did not make the human rights situation there any better.
Human Rights Violations Still Plague Ilocos Region
Month: June 2010
News in Pictures: Workers Demand Noynoy to Address Wage Hike Call
Workers, led by progressive labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU), on Friday call on President-elect Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III to immediately address their demand for a legislated nationwide P125 across-the-board wage hike. The workers gather in front of Aquino’s residence in Times Street, Quezon City, carrying huge yellow ribbons bearing the calls “P125 wage increase” and “Prosecute Gloria Arroyo”.
Trampling on Workers’ Rights No Way to Grow an Economy- Leila de Lima
By MARYA SALAMAT
“For too long, the rights of workers, laborers and employees have been trampled upon because of the economic interests of a few,” said outgoing CHR Chairwoman Leila de Lima, who is transferring to a new position as Justice Secretary in the incoming Aquino administration.
Hearing on Cardeño Case Should Also Look into Possible Secret Ops by US Troops – Bayan
News Release June 25, 2010 The umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) today said the July 1 hearing the Supreme Court set for the writ of amparo and writ of habeas data petitions by the family of an interpreter for US troops in Marawi City should also look into possible clandestine operations conducted by US…
Street Shooter: Backhoe
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“Be Independent, Fight for Justice and Human Rights,” Peasants Urge De Lima
PRESS RELEASE June 25, 2010 The militant Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP, Peasant Movement of the Philippines) and Tanggol Magsasaka (Peasant Network for Land, Justice and Human Rights) urged Commission on Human Rights Chair Leila De Lima to be indepent and continue to fight for justice and human rights when she becomes secretary of the…
Statement Delivered During the Necrological Service for Jesiderio Camangyan
NUJP-Davao statement *Delivered during the necrological service for Jesiderio Camangyan in Mati City, June 24. Today we bury yet another journalist killed under the Arroyo administration. But today rises all the more our strong resolve to never let go and relentlessly fight for justice–demand accountability from the government–until justice is served. Today we grieve over…
DOLE, POEA Failed to Curb Rampant Cases of OFWs Contract Substitution
PRESS RELEASE An alliance of Filipino migrant workers group in the Middle East today said the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) and the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) under the out-going Arroyo administration failed to curb the rampant cases of OFWs contract substitution victimizing thousands of OFWs especially those deployed in the Middle East.…
Benjie Oliveros | Anticipation
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Analysis Bulatlat.com There is nothing much that is happening now. Outgoing president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is supposed to be wrapping things up while incoming president Noynoy Aquino is busy preparing for his inauguration and is in the process of finalizing his line-up for his Cabinet. Now is the period of anticipation. The Filipino…
News in Pictures: Gabriela to Noynoy: Free Women Political Prisoners
Members of Gabriela trooped to the residence of president elect Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III to demand freedom of women and all political prisoners. According to Gabriela, 61 of the 344 political prisoners under the Arroyo regime are women.
Jonas Burgos’s Kin Denounce SC Decision
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“Did it have to take so long for the Supreme Court to find out that the investigators made serious lapses? …the Supreme Court took five weeks short of 2 years simply to say that it cannot rule on the case because there were lapses in the investigation?” Mrs. Edita Burgos said in a letter to the justices dated June 23, a copy of which was sent to Bulatlat.