By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA — Families of victims of the Ampatuan massacre and media organizations would file today a petition before the Supreme Court to allow the live coverage of the trial. The Ampatuan massacre on November 23, 2009 which involved the powerful Ampatuan clan, claimed the lives of 57 individuals, including 31…
Day: November 18, 2010
Journalists Commemorate First Anniversary of Ampatuan Massacre with Reminders, Call for Justice
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“The activities are meant to enhance public awareness on the Ampatuan massacre and on impunity,” CMFR deputy director and former dean of the UP-CMC Luis Teodoro said in a press conference Nov. 16.
PPP: More Public Debt, Less Government Responsibility
By IBON FEATURES
Experiences show PPPs did not guarantee savings for the government but even bloated the public debt. It can only get worse under the Aquino government’s new schemes for more of PPPs.
On International Students Day: Youth and Students Issue Noynoy ‘Notice of Strike’
“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 strike. “ This was the statement…
NDF-EV Condemns Yet Another 19th IB Massacre Claiming The Lives of a Distinguished Scientist and His Two Assistants
The National Democratic Front-Eastern Visayas today condemned the massacre of a prominent botanist and his two assistants last Nov. 15, and pinned responsibility on the 19th IB, calling for its expulsion from the region for committing mass killings and other human rights violations for so many years. “The NDF-EV condoles with the families and friends…