By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
In the 17 years that the Philippines has been a member of the World Trade Organization, from being a net importer of rice, it became a net exporter as production fell considerably and land grabbing became rampant. Now, even vegetables are being heavily imported and soon imported fish products would flood the country, all in the name of the WTO.
Environmentalists protest against Aboitiz Coal Power Plant in Davao (Photos by Ina Alleco R.Silverio)
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Glendyhl Malabanan, Karapatan-ST secretary general, said farmer Guillermo Castillo is the 65th victim of extrajudicial killings under the Aquino administration.
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star “Our gathering this morning is an opportunity to further assess the strengths and weaknesses of the present criminal justice system, and to come up with new and timely initiatives concerning the delivery of...
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld In our previous column entitled "Battle for Justice", we said that a big battle is looming to bring the Arroyos to justice. Few outside the innermost circles of President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino would have...
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld The main complaint by his mostly lawyer partisans against the impeachment of Renato Corona is that it was done too quickly, followed by claims that it’s an attack on the Supreme Court’s independence, and is...
Two strangers unwittingly become subjects of separate and virtual picture frames. (Breakwater, Manila)
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com It took more than a year before the Aquino administration filed a case against former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. This despite demands from various sectors to hold the former president to account for her numerous crimes...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) led by Migrante International and its chapters in at least 20 countries will launch coordinated protests and other forms of action on December 18, which they have dubbed as "Zero Remittance...
Environmentalists protest against Aboitiz Coal Power Plant in Davao (Photos by Karlos Manlupig)
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL and JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
“This flagship program of Aquino is just a palliative measure. People don't need dole-outs. What they really need is a permanent job.” – Gloria Arellano, president of Kadamay
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
Already there are 356 political detainees in the country, with 78 of them having been arrested on the orders of the Aquino administration’s armed and judicial forces. Almost half or 35 of them are women. Also 153 women have already fallen victim to extrajudicial killings since 2001, with six of them killed under the watch of the Benigno Aquino III administration.
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO and RONALYN V. OLEA
“We need to hold him accountable for the long list of anti-people rulings he supported to favor his patron Macapagal-Arroyo... But with this move we hope that the next Chief Justice would be truly independent and decide cases for the genuine interest of the people. We do not want an Arroyo court to be replaced by an Aquino court.” – Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casiño
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – If Presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda thinks that protesters who participated in Occupy Mendiola last week are just “copycats,” and so is he, said youth leader Vencer Crisostomo. Crisostomo, Anakbayan national...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
Based on evidence presented before it, the Tribunal found the defendant agrochemical TNCs “responsible for gross, widespread and systematic violations of the right to health and life, economic, social and cultural rights, as well as of civil and political rights, and women and children’s rights.”
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“The Cuban Revolution has dignified its people, ensuring all basic human rights, like the right to food security, free access to health and education services, as well as to the culture, sport and other fundamental rights.” - Cuban Ambassador Juan Carlos Arencibia Corrales
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
“No amount of political manipulation or attempt to project himself as a protagonist in the quest for justice against Arroyo could dispel the truth that he (President Aquino) continues the latter's legacy of state terror through Oplan Bayanihan.” – Roneo Clamor, secretary general of Karapatan
Ni ROLAND B. TOLENTINO Bulatlat.com Wala namang di matitinag sa bagong viral video ng Coke (Coca-cola ang formal nitong pangalan) . Nagsisimula sa opening title na may 11 milyong overseas Filipino workers. At may tatlo itong tutukan: si Joe Marie Ballon, isang...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA -- Environmentalists and fisherfolk rejoice. The Bohol chapter of the fisherfolk alliance Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) Bokkana-Bohol and the alliance Defend Panglao Movement scored...
By RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVA
The Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law (CARHRIHL) was a landmark agreement unique in the history of civil wars worldwide. But 13 years hence, its implementation has barely passed through the first stage and the peace talks continue to flounder.
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