Are political prisoners at Camp Bagong Diwa better off now, under a supposed democracy, than during Martial Law?
Month: September 2014
Alcala faces grilling for withholding emergency aid to storm-ravaged farmers
A whopping 68 percent of the Agriculture department’s budget for Yolanda victims were still unreleased, even as the Yolanda-affected areas remain largely unassisted.
Makabayan bloc slams ‘budget blackmail’ by ruling party
“We should have an honest to goodness analysis of the national budget because we owe it to the Filipino people, who want the pork barrel system and lump sums abolished.” – Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares
#NeverAgain | Groups call to end ‘Aquino dictatorship’
“The people will always resist. Aquino is treading the path of authoritarian rule by seeking a second term and by wanting to clip the powers of the Supreme Court while keeping Congress in his pockets.” — Renato Reyes Jr., secretary general of Bayan
Though overdue, CHR tribute to labor leader Bert Olalia hailed
“If Ka Bert were alive today, he would lead protests against Aquino’s push for Charter change, against moves to extend Aquino’s term and clip the Supreme Court’s powers.” – Nenita Gonzaga, KMU and longtime aide of the late Felixberto Olalia
Martin goes to Clark 2
‘People’s Climate March’ | Environmentalists troop to Mendiola
“The Aquino government is condemning us to a future of chronic extreme vulnerability to typhoons, storm surges, and other climate change-aggravated hazards failing in its mandates both in climate change adaptation and mitigation.” – Leon Dulce, campaign coordinator of Kalikasan PNE and 350.org Pilipinas
Ethics should be biased for the oppressed – UP protesters
“Civility and decorum at the height of social unrest and deprivation is consent to the existing status quo and a betrayal to the genuine essence of democracy, a very valuable lesson from the dark days of Martial Law. “ – Students’ Alliance for the Advancement of Democratic Rights in UP (Stand-UP)
Looking back 30 years ago
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Tomorrow it will have been 42 years since Ferdinand E. Marcos declared martial law and began a 14-year fascist dictatorship. Once again, personal experiences will be told or retold by those who endured the horrors and brutalities of military arrest, torture, detention and other…
It would take a revolution
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” — Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, 1849 Sometimes it gets more and more difficult to write even just a weekly column. Partly it’s because reading and listening to the news has become such a pain with the news reports reduced to…
Clueless in Brussels
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld In the course of his visit to several European countries, President Benigno Aquino III rejected, during a forum in Brussels, Belgium, what he called “blanket statements” — and proceeded to make some blanket statements of his own. Mr. Aquino was responding to the claims of protesters and…