By ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch (nordis) Weekly BOKOD, Benguet – As the developers of Ambuklao dam extend a hand in partnership with the communities affected by their dam, the folk and local officials here urged the developers to address the issues which are traceable – and still un-addressed up to now- to the Ambuclao…
Month: November 2011
Cabugao farmers assert rights to land, livelihood
By ROD TAJON Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com CABUGAO, Ilocos Sur—On the eve of the impending demolition to more than 30 households, farmers together with their families and supporters barricaded the entrances of barangay Bato, Cabugao, Ilocos Sur to prevent any move from the Department of Agrarian Reform Adjudication Board (Darab) to evict them from…
Planned sale of Mental Hospital land opposed
By MARYA SALAMAT
“In the end, this planned sale of Welfareville may just diminish the public mental health services into mere psychiatric desks in various hospitals, or the mental hospital may end up privatized.” – Rey Quinto, employee of National Center for Mental Health
Families of the “desap” mount a photo exhibit, light candles for their missing loved ones
Families of the “desap” mount a photo exhibit, light candles for their missing loved ones
(Photos by Anne Marxze D. Umil)
Moros urge Aquino to stop his ‘all-out justice’ in Mindanao
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
War has become a business at the expense of the Moros. The Philippine govt and the AFP engender war to obtain a higher budget, treating in the process the lowly soldiers as cannon fodders and the Moro and civilian communities as ‘collateral damages.’ – dislocated Filipino Moros
Plawta’t Byulin
By ROMEL RODRIGUEZ 03 November 2011 at 23:11 Ngayong gabi, katabi ng pangalan ng iyong mga kaanak at larawan, nakalagak ang isang byulin na walang kuwerdas. Nakasandal naman ang mga plawta sa takip ng kabaong. Na para bang bantay,tanod o higit pa, tunay na nagpupugay sa iyong pagpanaw sa larangan. Sinong mag-aakala na ang sutil…
Moro rights group protests vs Aquino’s ‘all-out justice,’ urges the people to defend human rights
Moro rights group protests vs Aquino’s ‘all-out justice,’ urges the people to defend human rights
(Click to view larger image. Photos courtesy of KAWAGIB )
Human rights in Aquino’s ‘righteous path’
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“We have a democracy in name but not in fact.” – Manuel Diokno, president of the Free Legal Action Group
Shared lives, shared deaths
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star This week I was in Kidapawan City to attend the wake and funeral of Fr. Fausto Tentorio, the now-famous martyred Italian missionary about whom I wrote last week. I stayed a day longer to visit another wake in Arakan town, Fr. Tentorio’s parish, where…
Fiddlers by the Pasig
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld The Roman emperor Nero was supposed to have fiddled while ancient Rome burned for nine days. But if he did play any instrument at all while much of the city was destroyed, he would have picked at a lute or a lyre, the fiddle, or violin, not…
Resting Place
Resting Place
(Click to view larger image. Photos by Ace Alegre )