By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – The family of political prisoner Ericson Acosta has been receiving text messages saying that Ericson or his parents might get killed on November 2, All Souls Day. Isaias Acosta, 79, father of Ericson, said his driver received a series of messages in the morning of October 24 and…
Day: October 31, 2012
Enrile’s men in Defense dept figured in Olalia double murder case – witness
By MARYA SALAMAT
According to state witness Medardo Dumlao Barreto, they were assured that higher-ups from the Defense Department gave the go signal to abduct labor leader Rolando Olalia and companion Leonor Alay-ay.
Pangasinan residents urge suspension of governor
By MARYA SALAMAT
It is a different kind of Halloween for the residents of coastal towns of Pangasinan. For them the scare is real and takes the form of black sand mining.
Gov’t health workers, patients hold coordinated protest action vs. privatization
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
Where will the poor go once government hospitals are privatized through outright sale, corporatization, or public-private partnerships?
Kin of guard nabbed by the military file habeas corpus petition
By RONALYN V. OLEA
The relatives of Rolly Panesa, the security guard who was mistakenly arrested by the military, said in their petition that Panesa’s personal circumstances “belie the claims of those who arrested him that he is ‘Benjamin Mendoza’ and this can be verified through proper inquiry and investigation.”