Day: December 6, 2010

Press Statement 5 December 2010 Female Warden Disallows Visit of Doctor of Detainee’s Choice The national human rights alliance Karapatan today called on the attention of the Philippine government authorities to stop the retaliatory tactics against the hunger strike staged by the Morong 43 political prisoners in the Camp Bagong Diwa detention center. Today is…

Press Statement December 5, 2010 The Armed Forces of the Philippines’s 10th Infantry Division-Eastern Mindanao Command is again guilty of spreading disinformation to deceive the public and save face regarding the November 30 incident in Barangay Paloc, Maragusan, Compostela Valley province. Initial disinformation released by the 10th ID-EastMinCom black propaganda machinery led by its spokesman,…

Press Statement 5 December 2010 As the 2011 proposed national budget nears its finality tomorrow with the Bicameral Conference Committee (BCC) meeting of the Senate and the Congress, youth representative Raymond ‘Mong’ Palatino of Kabataan Party-list today said that the meeting should be open to the public for transparency. “The tradition is that after the…

Press Statement 6 December 2010 President Aquino, who was elected for his “matuwid na landas” campaign slogan, has the moral obligation to correct the wrongs and injustices committed by the past two administrations of Estrada and Arroyo against the Moro people. Today, there are still more than 100,000 Moro evacuees in various evacuation centers in…