November 17, 2010 Press Statement We strongly condemn the senseless killing of environmental scientist Leonardo Co, forest guard Sofronio Cortez and peasant Julius Borromeo. We demand an immediate and independent investigation of the incident. The loss of the three, particularly Leonardo Co is a big loss not only to the scientific community but also to…
Day: November 17, 2010
Group questions transparency of probe on erring labor attaché
Press Release 17 November 2010 “How fair is the investigation? It has been a week since the investigating team has conducted its probe in Hong Kong and up to now, there’s no word on its results. By this week, DOLE must make the results public for Agnes Tenorio and other fellow OFWs. We have the…
No real peace in Army’s community ‘peace’ teams – Karapatan
PRESS RELEASE November 17, 2010 DAVAO CITY – Human rights group Karapatan says today that the peace and development teams of the Armed Forces of the Philippines now going around some parts of the city are meant to harass civilians and sow fear among the residents. “The concept pf Peace and development teams in the…
On International Students Day: Youth and students issue Noynoy ‘Notice of Strike’
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 17, 2010 “Since Noynoy Aquino released the 2011 National Budget, we never wavered in our stand that we must stop the budget cuts on education. But he, too, never hesitated to defend it. This has fanned the youth’s outrage, leaving us with no choice but to issue him a notice of…
Nine months more than enough time to realize the arrest of Morong 43 was illegal
November 17, 2010 PRESS RELEASE “Ten months is more than enough time to point out the Morong 43 arrest was illegal. Release the health workers, now!” said the relatives and supporters of the Morong 43. This was the reaction of the relatives to last Monday’s meeting (Nov.15) with Malacanang officials. During the meeting with Senior…
Gov’t pushing OFWs to commit suicide? – group
November 17, 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Global alliance of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) Migrante International today chided the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) for “promoting the insurance provision for suicides in the mandatory insurance coverage as if it were another viable option for OFWs and their families.” “How insensitive, brutal and tactlessly lacking in foresight…
Aquino pressed to dismantle CAFGU’s, probe Arroyo for Ampatuan aid
News Release November 17, 2010 The umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan today supported calls for the dismantling of all paramilitary groups after Human Rights Watch issued the recommendations in its report on the Ampatuan massacre and the complicity of the Philippine state. HRW said that many of the perpetrators of human rights violations in Maguindanao…
P-Noy urged: “Free all political prisoners from Central Luzon”
PRESS RELEASE November 17, 2010 Families and relatives of political detainees from Central Luzon today troop to Malacanang Palace to press for the immediately release their kin who are now languishing in various jails in and outside Region III on the strength of trumped-up criminal charges leveled against them by their military captors. According to…