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Heightened repression still feared after Human Security Act approval Vincent “Ka Bebot Borja”, KMU National Council member representing Eastern Visayas, and also Anakpawis coordinator for that region when he was arrested three years ago, was freed from jail after...
By MARYA SALAMAT
The military's star witness finally appeared in court only to say that he does not even know Vincent Borja.
By RONALYN V. OLEA
After President Benigno S. Aquino III granted amnesty to rebel soldiers, relatives and supporters pressed anew for the release of the Morong 43 and other political prisoners in the Philippines.
Starting October 12, the picket in front of ABS-CBN network's Sgt. Esguerra gate will serve as protest center of the Internal Job Market Workers Union (IJMWU) to further pressure the network management to reinstate the 114 illegally dismissed workers and to hold certification elections, following the Department of Labor and Employment's (DOLE) decision on their case.
Amihan, a national federation of peasant women, awarded President Benigno S. Aquino III with a kalabasa, marking his 100th day in office last October 8.
The ruling upholding the constitutionality of the Human Security Act of 2007 is the latest in a series of negative decisions the Supreme Court made with regard to human rights, lawyer Edre U. Olalia said.
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“Why wait for an actual injury when you have the singular opportunity to slay the dragon at first sight?” said Edre U. Olalia, legal counsel of the petitioners against the Human Security Act of 2007 in an interview with Bulatlat.
Sidebar: Recent SC Decisions Detrimental to Human Rights -– Rights Lawyer
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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).
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...
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...
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...
By ADELA DEYAEN WAYAS
Aquino failed to initiate policy and institutional reforms needed to uplift the dismal state of the indigenous peoples - Cordillera Peoples’ Alliance.
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA -- It was Jean Dasa's aunt who recruited her for work abroad. Without hesitation, she applied as household helper and was accepted. On December 2008, she left the country to work in Jordan. It was only in early 2009 that...
By ALMA B. SINUMLAG Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat LA TRINIDAD, Benguet - Governor Nestor Fongwan questioned the automatic renewal of the exploration permit in phase 1 for the mining exploration of Royalco Philippines Inc. in Gambang, Bakun during the...
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