“Cha-Cha aiming to extend the term of Aquino and to disempower the Supreme Court poses an immediate threat while economic Cha-Cha poses long-term threats to the welfare of the nation.”
Tiamzon couple: ‘Aquino’s Charter Change a poison to the nation’
Day: August 21, 2014
1 Black man is killed every 28 hours by police or vigilantes | America is perpetually at war with its own people
From the war on drugs to the war on terror, law enforcement’s battle against minorities serves as pacification. By ADAM HUDSON Alternet.org Police officers, security guards, or self-appointed vigilantes extrajudicially killed at least 313 African-Americans in 2012 according to a recent study. This means a black person was killed by a security officer every 28…
Impending showdown
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective Two major events would be happening next week. On August 25 in the morning there would be a mass petition signing for the People’s Initiative against the pork barrel. This is a noble and bold effort to put a stop to the practice of the government of creating pork barrel…
From Fallujah to Ferguson | The US war culture has come home to roost
By GILBERT MERCIER Counterpunch.org Police violence in the United States should not surprise anyone. In Ferguson, Missouri, we have witnessed the use against US citizens of Iraq-tested war technologies. On August 17, 2014, a police force using armored vehicles and military tactics fired rubber bullets and tear gas canisters at peaceful protesters who had been…
Makabayan solons deny involvement in feeding program irregularities
“We emphasize that not a single centavo of funding for the two projects passed through our hands. We had absolutely no role whatsoever in the procurement of supplies and disbursement of funds for the project, which were the exclusive function of the NDA [National Dairy Authority].” — ACT Teachers Partylist Rep. Antonio Tinio By ANNE…
3 indigenous peoples killed in a week
“Even with the capture of notorious Gen. Jovito Palparan recently, his butcher mentality and his bloody human rights record have been well-entrenched in the AFP’s bureaucracy and is carried on by no less than his protégé, Gen. Ricardo Visaya. The continuing Palparan-like killings and tactics is proof of that.” – Jomorito Goaynon, chair of Kalumbay Regional Lumad Organization
Top 5 quotes from Palparan’s arraignment
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com At around 9:30 a.m., silence swept over the court room. A group of men, most of them burly, came in. Behind them was a seemingly frail-looking man, a shadow of the stoic general I have seen only in news reports – it was retired Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan. And…