By KIMBERLIE OLMAYA N. QUITASOL Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY— Environment and indigenous peoples groups from Northern Luzon and other parts of the country greeted the 58th Mines and Safety Week celebrations with protests. They pointed to the environmental disasters and human rights violations due to mining as they staged their own Mine Unsafety Week. An…
Day: November 19, 2012
International writers group calls for release of poet Ericson Acosta
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — The worldwide association of writers PEN International marked the 31st Annual Day of the Imprisoned Writer last November 15. It was a day to recognize and support writers at risk, and for the last 31 years, the group has commemorated the day to raise awareness on the…
Probe reveals massacre of Blaan family ‘premeditated’
By RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVA
“The victims were unarmed and helpless, as most of them were still sleeping. It was only the elder son who was awake and in school uniform, sipping coffee outside the hut and who can be clearly seen and identified by the soldiers and yet they still fired at Jordan.”