Labor leader Benjamin Villeno notified his colleague at Pamatink-KMU Hermie Marasigan, through text messages, that he was being tailed by suspected state agents. Villeno even told Marasigan he would try to lose his tail before going home. He never got home and his colleagues at Pamantik-KMU never heard from him since.
Anti-Pork Barrel protesters march from Luneta to Mendiola on the 41st anniversary of the proclamation of martial law. Photos by POM CAHILOG-VILLANUEVA
It is not wages that make doing business difficult for small businessmen, but high power and water rates, trade liberalization and smuggling, and taxes to the government and kickbacks by government officials.” – KMU
Baguio’s Strike Week slams pork barrel and demands higher state subsidy to education.
“Five long years passed, to those who have him, please, have a heart and let him come back home to us. If you killed him, like what our late father said, give us back his bones so that we can give him a proper burial.” — Balao siblings
“When I learned about the pork barrel scam, I was very angry. That money should have been spent for the welfare of Filipinos. My father was forced to leave us so he could provide for our needs. But our family ended up torn apart.” – Rolando Ypil Jr., son of an OFW
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld As of this writing (Sept. 19), the President of the Philippines, Benigno Simeon Aquino III, had been five days in Zamboanga, where, according to Palace sources, as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces he was “directing military operations” against the minute force of the Moro National Liberation Front…
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Today marks the 41st year when then President Ferdinand E. Marcos declared martial law and imposed a dictatorship to perpetuate himself in power. In 1986 a peaceful popular uprising ended his despotic rule. Marcos’ 14-year dictatorship ruthlessly repressed or tried to repress all those…
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld The humanitarian crisis affecting hundreds of thousands of civilians in Zamboanga City in the wake of the eruption of hostilities between armed Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) forces under Chairman Nur Misuari and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and Philippine National Police (PNP) looms as a dark…
“The reason why we are protesting today is because all succeeding regimes after Marcos failed to stamp out bureaucrat plunder and government abuse. The pork barrel scam reminds us how little has changed from the time of the dictator. Clearly, the system is the problem.” – Dr. Carol Pagaduan-Araullo, Bayan
“Someone has to be held accountable for this humanitarian crisis, where thousands are made to suffer and children are getting sick in evacuation centers.” – Neil Murad, Suara Bangsamoro