By RONALYN V. OLEA
“President Aquino reminisces about his family’s sufferings under Martial Law, but he callously ignores the suffering of other families whose loved ones are jailed not under martial law, but under the Aquino government.” — Marie Hilao-Enriquez, Karapatan chairwoman
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By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – A political prisoner who had been in and out of the hospital for almost a year due to heart enlargement died last Sept. 20. Crisanto Fat, 48, a peasant leader, passed away at the Western Visayas Hospital in Bacolod City at around 4:30 p.m. that day. He left…
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA — As the Philippines commemorate the 39th year since former President Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law, youth and progressive artists ‘planked’ to denounce the continuing human rights violations despite the supposed restoration of so-called democracy in the country. “As human rights violations continue to escalate, the Filipino people…
By MARYA SALAMAT
Piston and some of its national leaders have become popular, and as such targets of vilification, because they consistently oppose the exploitation of drivers and Filipinos in general by the oil cartel and all those who “collude” with it.
Video: ‘Nothing has changed’ since martial law – Mrs. Burgos