I don’t have enemies nor have I hurt anybody. Who else would have the ulterior motive to kill activists? Isn’t it the military?”– Dexter Ian Selebrado, Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilpinas organizer
Day: October 1, 2014
‘We will not be wiped out by dams’
The indigenous peoples in the Sierra Madre mountain range and other parts of the country are mounting opposition to the mega structures that threaten to wipe out not only their ancestral homes, but also their age-old culture and identity.
2 detained UP students tortured, says youth lawmaker
“Gerald [Salonga] was subjected to a 13-hour interrogation. His captors warned that they would harm his mother if he does not admit that he’s a member of the New People’s Army (NPA).”
Ex-military chaplain a no show at hearing of case vs ‘Morong 43’ doc
“Colonel Reuben Espartinez is using the judicial process to pursue his caprices.” – Dr. Alex Montes
125 Luisita farmers disqualified as land reform beneficiaries
“There should be no need to require farmworkers to apply for the purchase of lands that they already own. There is, therefore, no basis for the DAR’s imposition to farm worker beneficiaries to sign the Affidavit of Purchase and Farmers’ Undertaking.”