Military’s claim of zero rights abuses belied (Photo by Jhun Dantes / Bulatlat.com)
Day: May 17, 2012
A plea for plain justice and a dash of humanity
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Yes, this is nothing new: that the wheels of justice in our courts grind excruciatingly slow, and that the victims are mostly the poor who are arrested, detained and charged with common, even petty, crimes. This fact has been generally known, and frustratingly acknowledged…
Abused and unused
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Journalists’ and media advocacy groups marked World Press Freedom Day on May 3 this year as in the past years. But as if by agreement, they avoided the word “celebrated,” echoing a National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) statement marking the occasion in 2010 that…
The Yankees are back
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com The docking of the USS North Carolina (SSN77) at Subic Bay, May 13, appears to be a sign that the issue of US military bases and the concomitant presence of US military troops has gone full circle. The submarine is being touted as “one of the stealthiest, most technologically advanced submarines…