PHOTOS BY JHUN DANTES JR. and MARYA SALAMAT
Day: September 19, 2011
Suspect in murder of activist surrenders
By ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY —After evading the law for 18 years, a suspect in the killing of a human rights worker surrendered to authorities. Mathew or Mateo Fanao, one of the five members of the Citizens Armed Forces Geographical Unit (Cafgu) allegedly involved in the murder of Cristopher…
Call to surface missing activist James Balao persists
By KIMBERLIE NGABIT-QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY—Relatives and colleagues marked the third year of the disappearance of James Moy Balao with protests, Sept. 17. Balao or Manong James, as his colleagues fondly call him, was abducted on Sept. 17, 2008 in Lower Tomay, La Trinidad, Benguet. Eyewitnesses said Balao was taken by…
Remembering Jean Macliing, activist in development work
By BERT SIANGEN Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com MANILA – An activist in community development work passed away at 57 years old. Jean Chagyowen Macliing, or Manang Jean, as she was popularly known with her professional and warm personality , was into development work with non-government organizations and people’s organizations in the Cordillera as well…
Transport strike a fitting blow against oil monopolies and Aquino government
PRESS RELEASE 19 September 2011 MANILA — Spearheaded by transport groups and participated in by the people, the nationwide transport strike on 19 September is a legitimate militant action against the series of oil price increases that has intensified poverty by eroding further the already nil purchasing power of the poor. In monopoly of 85…