By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA – The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), which has an ongoing ceasefire and peace negotiations with the Philippine government, asked the Aquino administration to freeze the planned exploitation by private foreign and local companies of natural resources such as oil and gas in Bangsamoro homeland. The MILF central committee decided…
Month: August 2011
Palparan’s bodyguard linked to abduction of UP students
By RONALYN V. OLEA
One of the alleged but still unnamed perpetrators had the gall and temerity to go to the hearing and display himself, intimidating and eyeing Ramos all throughout the hearing. He was openly thumbing his nose, as it were, at the whole justice system.” – Edre Olalia, lawyer
Cordillera red leader foresees further ruin of the hinterlands under Aquino
By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY – In a statement sent to the media, the spokesperson of the Cordillera People’s Democratic Front (CPDF) said the miserable situation in the regions of Ilocos and the Cordillera mirrors the dismal state of the country a year after President Benigno Simeon Aquino III took office. According to…
Youth group slams AFP’s continued red-baiting of activists
By ALMA B. SINUMLAG Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY – Anakbayan-Cordillera slammed the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) because of its continuing red-baiting of progressive youth organizations in the region. “They continue attacking the progressive organizations even if many people have already complained about it,” Niño Joseph Oconer, Anakbayan-Saint Louis University (SLU) spokesperson, said in…
Aquino 2012 budget proposal lacks transparency
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“This is just the tip of the iceberg and there are still numerous items that have to be questioned because they are a goldmine for the unscrupulous and the corrupt.” – Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casiño
NDFP consultant freed, another activist arrested
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – A consultant of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) in the peace negotiations was released from prison July 25 after more than three years of detention. A statement sent by Katungod-Sinirangang Bisaya (Katungod-SB) said Jaime Soledad was released from the Leyte Provincial Jail after exactly 40…
Group salutes human rights lawyer Reynaldo Cortes
By KIMBERLIE NGABIT-QUITASOL Northern Dispatch LAGAWE, Ifugao – A human rights group expressed its highest recognition and deepest gratitude to lawyer Reynaldo Cortes for his staunch and unwavering commitment to the defense and advancement of human rights. In a surprise and simple ceremony during the first day of their third congress on July 28, the…
Tribe leader arrested by state agents
By ALMA B. SINUMLAG Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY – A leader of the Aggay tribe was tortured and arrested by the members of the Charlie company of the 17th Infantry Brigade of the Philippine Army (IBPA) and the Regional Mobile Group (RMG) of the Philippine National Police. According to Katribu partylist, Vicente Agbayani, 48, resident…