Mrs. Salaysay, widow of slain journalist Napoleon Salaysay, expressed hope that the Filipino people would not forget the Ampatuan massacre.
Month: July 2013
Luisita farmers seek SC intervention against DAR
“Deed of title? The DAR did not even show us the land survey and now Aquino promised to give us land titles.” ¬ – Florida Sibayan, chairwoman of Alyansa ng Magbubukid sa Asyenda Luisita (Ambala)
Widows of Ampatuan massacre victims disappointed in Aquino’s speech
“I am sad but also happy to know that many people continue to support our fight for justice.” – widow of Ampatuan massacre victim
City council urged to walk the talk for watershed preservation
Mining threatens to destroy Davao City watershed, but city council still has to find out how and where a Lucio Tan-owned mining company has secured permit to explore the area for mining.
Davao folks see no change as Aquino gives 4th SONA
‘There’s a fine line between growth and development, and what we need is the latter.’
Groups hold People’s SONA
Protesters from various sectors and regions held their own State of the Nation Address, dubbing it as the Sona ng Bayan (People’s SONA) in Commonwealth Avenue as a response to President Aquino’s annual SONA. Led by the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN), protesters condemned the worsening economic conditions in the three years of the Aquino regime.
‘Long and winding SONA silent on what matters most to Filipinos’ – progressive groups
“Aquino’s grandiose claims of economic growth based on cherry-picked economic indicators fail to hide the economic indicators that matter to ordinary Filipinos. Landlessness is growing; unemployment is rising; wages are being depressed; prices are soaring; and social services are decaying as they become more scarce,” Elmer Labog, chairman of Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU).
Thousands march to belie ‘inclusive growth,’ Aquino’s State of the Nation Address
“All in all, Aquino’s SONA contained rehashed rhetoric and empty promises. The president remained silent on many fundamental issues that the people have long clamored for. I’m sorry Mr. President but your spinmeisters have failed you. We are far from impressed. We are indignant.” – Kabataan Rep. Terry Ridon
9 nabbed, scores wounded in anti-SONA protest
“This simply reeks of fascism to gag legitimate dissent that must be respected by any government that honestly wants to be called even remotely democratic, much less humane or even civilized.” – Edre Olalia, National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers
CPP lists ’10 lies’ Aquino would claim in his SONA
Revolutionary group asks Filipinos to brace for, repudiate, Aquino’s “deluge of lies.”
One nation, two worlds: the myth of ‘inclusive growth’
The Aquino administration’s policies are no different from those that have been increasingly implemented over the last three decades and that have resulted in today’s grossly distorted and unequal economy