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Environmental Activists, Students, and Journalists Demand Justice for Dr. Ortega at DOJ Picket (PR)

Environmental Activists, Students, and Journalists Demand Justice for Dr. Ortega at DOJ Picket (PR)

Press Release 28 February 2011 Environmental activist group Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment, College Editors Guild, League of Filipino Students and Hustiya! held a picket at the Department of Justice (DOJ) preliminary hearing on Dr. Ortega’s slay to...

Perspective on the Peoples’ Uprisings Against Autocratic Regimes in North Africa and Middle East

Perspective on the Peoples’ Uprisings Against Autocratic Regimes in North Africa and Middle East

By PROF. JOSE MARIA SISON Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee International League of Peoples' Struggle February 27, 2011 The International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS) steadfastly stands in solidarity with and supports the peoples of the North...

News in Pictures: Hundreds of OFWs Stranded in Libya, in Dire Need of Assistance, Evacuation

News in Pictures: Hundreds of OFWs Stranded in Libya, in Dire Need of Assistance, Evacuation


According to Migrante International, 105 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are stranded at the Amal Area oilfields amid violent clashes in Libya. 47 OFWs are also stranded at the Algerian border because they were not allowed to pass through due of lack of documents. (Photo courtesy of Migrante International / bulatlat.com)

News in Pictures: Edsa People Power I at 25

News in Pictures: Edsa People Power I at 25


President Benigno S. Aquino III spearheaded the unveiling of the Cardinal Sin Statue as part of the celebrations of the 25th anniversary of Edsa People Power I. Earlier, the Yes Pinoy Foundation organized the formation of a human mosaic composed of 1,600 students from Rizal High School in Pasig City. Amid the festive celebrations sponsored by the Aquino administration, various progressive groups marked the 25th year since Edsa People Power I with protests actions, criticizing all post-Edsa I regimes for failing to deliver on the promise of change. (Photos by Gregorio B. Dantes Jr. and Anne Marxze D. Umil / bulatlat.com)

Satur C. Ocampo | Impeaching the Ombudsman

Satur C. Ocampo | Impeaching the Ombudsman

Finally the congressional move to oust Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez (for the second time since 2009) has regained momentum. With the new administration’s avowed war against corruption and its majority control of the House, the militant party-list representatives hope the impeachment game will be played fairly this time. Nonetheless, they don’t rule out delaying tactics by the Ombudsman and her backers in the House. By SATUR C. OCAMPO

Justice for Leonard Co Movement Holds ‘Lugawan,’ Forum to Raise Campaign Fund

Justice for Leonard Co Movement Holds ‘Lugawan,’ Forum to Raise Campaign Fund

The family and relatives of slain botanist Professor Leonard Co and their supporters, led by groups Advocates of Science and Technology for the People (Agham) and the Justice for Leonard Co Movement, successfully conducted a forum-fundraising activity dubbed “Lugawan for the Justice for Leonard Co campaign” on Friday in Balay Kalinaw, University of the Philippines (UP) in Diliman. All the funds generated by the ‘lugawan,’ will be used to pursue the legal case the family filed. By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO / bulatlat.com

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