Press Release October 11, 2010 The armed revolutionary forces in Western Samar, like their comrades n Northern Samar, are determined to completely frustrate the AFP’s oordinated military operations that now currently cover the two rovinces— the first military campaign of this magnitude in Eastern isayas since the assumption of a new puppet and fascist regime.…
Day: October 11, 2010
2 OFW Beauticians Seek Help from RP Post, but were not Attended; Migrant Group Blasts Inutile RP Officials (PR)
Press Release 11 October 2010 An alliance of Filipino migrant rights group in Saudi Arabia today strongly deplores the Philippine Embassy officials for not attending to the request for assistance of two distress and run away OFW beauticians. John Leonard Monterona citing reports from Eric Jocson, Chairperson of the Kapatiran sa Gitnang Silangan, said on…
Bayan Warns More Harm than Good in Coal Power Plant (PR)
Press Release October 11, 2010 Davao City – Urging Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte to reconsider his support for the coal power plant as proposed by the Aboitizes, the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan warned of more disastrous effects in putting up what is known to be the dirtiest source of fuel. “We urge the vice mayor to…
SC Ruling on Human Security Act, Paving the Way for More Human Rights Violations-Karapatan (PR)
Press Release 11 October 2010 THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE for human rights in the Philippines, Karapatan, assailed the latest Supreme Court (SC) ruling affirming the constitutionality of the Human Security Act of 2007 (Republic Act 9372) as “paving way for more human rights violations.” Karapatan is one of the SC petitioners against the law. Karapatan acting…
SC Decision on HSA, President Noynoy’s Coma-like Stance on Killings will Heighten Rights Violations, Impunity (PR)
NEWS RELEASE 11 October 2010 GABRIELA Women’s Partylist Representative Luz Ilagan today deplored the Supreme Court decision dismissing the petition to declare the Human Security Act as unconstitutional. “The Supreme Court decision could open a period of unprecedented terror under President Noynoy Aquino’s administration, no different from the Martial Law era that incarcerated and repressed…
46 Filipina Migrant Workers Jailed in Dubai
By ANGEL L. TESORERO
They went to Ajman, United Arab Emirates to work as cleaners and office assistants in various schools. Suddenly, their employer left them with unpaid utility bills and two months of salaries. After bearing intense heat and absence of electricity and potable water for more than a month, the 46 Filipina workers ended up in jail.
Three Peasant Activists Arrested, Detained in a Military Camp in Laguna
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
“This is an old tune,” Axel Pinpin, secretary general of Kalipunan ng Samahang Magsasaka sa Timog Katagalugan (Kasama-TK), told Bulatlat, referring to the arrest of three peasants in Laguna. He blamed the extended counterinsurgency program Oplan Bantay Laya (OBL).
Arroyo’s Foreign Mining Projects Continue to Displace Communities and Destroy Environment Under President Aquino, say Environmental Groups (PR)
Press Release 11 October 2010 Environmental groups presented the result of the environmental investigative missions (EIM) which probed the dangers and effects to communities by foreign mining projects in the country. Scientists and representatives from different sectoral groups visited the mining-affected communities of Tampakan Gold Mining Project in the provinces of Davao Del Sur and…
Letter to President Aquino on the Deployment of senior career diplomat as RP ambassador to Saudi Arabia
11 October 2010 Hon. Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III President, Republic of the Philippines Malacanang Palace, Manila Dear Sir, Warm greetings! We have known that as of now there is no RP ambassador to Saudi Arabia after the recall of Ambassador Antonio Villamor, a political appointee by former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. We would like to…
SC Ruling on Terror Law may Embolden Rights Violators (PR)
News Release October 11, 2010 The umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) today expressed disappointment over a Supreme Court’s dismissal of several petitions assailing the 2007 Human Security Act. The group warned that the SC decision may embolden human rights violators. The SC dismissed the six petitions against the HSA, including the petition filed by…