NEWS RELEASE May 23, 2011 Today, it is exactly a year and a half since our nation was jolted by the worst incident of electoral violence in recent history and the single deadliest attack on the press ever. Disclaimer | What you are reading is either a press release/ statement or a manifesto. These materials…
Day: May 23, 2011
PH election to UN rights council called an embarrassment (PR)
News Release May 22, 2011 It’s an embarrassment for the United Nations Human Rights Council. This was how the umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan described the election of the Philippines to a fresh term in the UN Security Council, after garnering the second highest number of votes. Disclaimer | What you are reading is either…
Philippines: Gays hit Pacmom over transgender slur, reproductive health (PR)
21 May 2011 NEWS RELEASE GAY and transgender rights activists cried foul at the remarks made by celebrity mom Ms. Dionisia Pacquiao in her spat with Senator Miriam Santiago over the controversial reproductive health bill. Disclaimer | What you are reading is either a press release/ statement or a manifesto. These materials do not go…
NDF-EV slams 8th ID’s US-funded “road to war” (PR)
NEWS RELEASE May 21, 2011 Calling it a “road to war” funded by the US government, the National Democratic Front-Eastern Visayas today challenged the 8th Infantry Division and the Aquino government to come clean on the military’s proposal for the construction and rehabilitation of roads on Samar Island and its connection to the $434 million…
VFA turns 12 next week amid unresolved issues (PR)
News Release May 21, 2011 The RP-US Visiting Forces Agreement turns 12 years next week amid continuing controversies on its implementation in the Philippines. The military agreement was ratified as a treaty by the Philippine Senate in May 27, 1999. It has not been ratified by the US Senate but the American government says it…
Group stresses need for nationalist, impartial Ombudsman; sets criteria (PR)
NEWS RELEASE May 21, 2011 Makabayan coalition backs Diokno & Tañada’s nomination to be the next Ombudsman. QUEZON CITY — In a press conference at the Treehouse Restaurant today, the Makabayang Koalisyon ng Mamamayan (Makabayan) announces their support to the nomination of human rights lawyer Atty. Jose Manuel ‘Chel’ Diokno and former senator Wigberto ‘Bobby’…