By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
They would help once the execution is already at hand. They should have acted immediately on the case when the hearings were still on going, not when the sentence has already been promulgated.” – mother of Sally Ordinario-Villanueva
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
“For the homeless, the kariton is a dwelling place. For the jobless, a wooden pushcart is their means of livelihood. As long as we see the poor living and working in wooden pushcarts, it would be a reminder that people continue to be deprived of their right to life.” Joy Lumawod, Kadamay-NCR
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
“Mendiola is not only a street. That is why Chino Roces’s monument was built here because it is a symbol of the people’s struggle.” – Vencer Crisostomo, Anakbayan
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
“The Aquino government must immediately respond to their just demands if he truly adheres to justice.” – Fe Salino, Selda-Southern Mindanao
Sidebar: While Arroyo gets special treatment, sick political prisoners barely survive
Sidebar: Political prisoners stage different forms of protest
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com Detained artist Ericson Acosta and other political detainees all over the country are on hunger strike. They began their strike last Saturday, December 3, 2011, as part of the campaign to free all political prisoners in the country. The hunger strike and sympathy fasts would continue until December 8.…
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – Relatives and supporters of political prisoners decried what they called “special treatment” accorded to former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo as they demanded anew the release of political prisoners in the country, especially the sick and the elderly. According to Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto…
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA – Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Enrique Ona is homophobic. Or at least his comments at a recent convention were. Gay and lesbian activists are demanding the official’s immediate resignation after he reportedly issued anti-gay comments during the Plenary Meeting of the Philippine National AIDS Council (PNAC) last…
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA – Two party-list lawmakers are going against the plan of the Bureau of International Revenue (BIR) to impose new taxes. Antonio Tinio of ACT Teachers Party-List and Luz Ilagan of Gabriela Women’s Party said the memorandum circular issued by the BIR imposing taxes on voluntary contributions to the…
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA – Lower texts rate now and sanction non-complying telecommunication firms. This was the demand of the progressive party list group Bayan Muna as its members held a protest in front of the offices of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) early this week. The group decried what it said…
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA – Small fisherfolk in several coastal towns of Cavite expressed their support to the oil and production subsidy proposed by the militant fisherfolk alliance Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) and Anakpawis party list. Last week, some 150 fisherfolk and coastal village leaders, including parish priests…
By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA – Leleng Zarsuela, 73, shook with rage when she spoke of the urban poor Filipinos’ indignation at the injustices buried within the issue of climate change. “We, the urban poor, are always blamed for flooding,” she said as an example, “when the real group to blame comes from those few…