“I am only defending human rights. I am only living out my faith, upholding life and the dignity of the Filipino people.” – Pastor June Ver Mangao
Protestant pastor harassed by state agents
Month: September 2013
Beware of the IRP framework agreement
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star The continuing, if not permanent, presence of hundreds of American troops in Mindanao and other parts of the country since 2002 purportedly in accord with the Visiting Forces Agreement has been a raging controversy, with several questionable acts and activities by the “visiting” foreign…
Hacienda Luisita — ‘Daang baluktot’
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld The saga of the more than half a century of struggle by the farm workers of the vast Hacienda Luisita to own and benefit from the piece of land they have been tilling has been shaped and, to a significant extent decided, by the political fortunes of its owners,…
Open sesame
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Over 90 countries have one. Albania has one, and so has Zimbabwe — a freedom of information act, although known by different names. Albania has a Law no. 8503, which has recognized the right to information on official documents since 1999. Zimbabwe has the Access to Information…
How Intelligence Was Twisted to Support an Attack on Syria
bearing in mind the consequences of utilizing ambiguous intelligence to justify an act of war
US, the Biggest User of Chemical Weapons in History Asserts “Right To Protect” Syria
How can the US proclamation that it intends to intervene militarily in Syria to protect civilians from chemical warfare be taken seriously, when the US has slaughtered and poisoned hundreds of thousands with chemical weapons itself, in Vietnam, Iraq and elsewhere?
What would Boni say?
By RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVA
Panata
Teachers hold noise barrage vs pork barrel
MANILA – At exactly 5:00 pm, teachers from different city divisions carrying placards and banners held a noise barrage to call for the abolition of the pork barrel system at Paramount Edsa corner West Avenue, Quezon City on Sept. 3, Tuesday. The teachers demanded for the reallocation of pork barrel funds to basic services like…
Military officer implicated in illegal arrest of 43 health workers promoted
“If President Aquino has forgotten what he himself has previously acknowledged – that our human rights were violated- we have not.” – Dr. Alexis Montes
Overplaying the anti-China card and its blowback
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat Perspective | Bulatlat.com In his state of the nation address in July 2011, President Benigno Aquino III gave a fiery, saber-rattling speech warning China that the government is ready to defend the country against intrusions into its territory, specifically referring to Recto bank, a groups of small islands at the West…