“How many Jennifers, how many Nicoles are we going to wait for?”
‘Jennifer’s story is our story’ – Monique Wilson
Month: October 2014
Health workers storm DOH
MANILA – Health workers under the banner of the Alliance of Health Workers (AHW) stormed the main office of the Department of Health on Monday, Oct. 27, denouncing its continuing neglect of the public health service system. The health workers lament that the DOH fails in providing adequate health care for the people, and neglects…
Cordillera folk call for NCIP abolition
“Instead of protecting the indigenous peoples, the NCIP served as a bridge for the entry of destructive projects.”
His friends wished they had met his ‘astig’ father
Arnold “AJ” Jaramillo was the iconic “astig” father: he was a New People’s Army leader.
‘Lacub martyrs’: a source of light, love and pride to their families
The amazing lives of the “Lacub martyrs” give their loved ones the courage, hope and inspiration to seek justice.
2 Lumad killed, 2 missing in Caraga region
Two people were killed, while two went missing in three separate incidents during heavy military operations in Agusan del Sur and Surigao del Sur.
‘Government’s campaign for peace is crumbling’
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star The quotation is from Fr. Pete Montallana, a Catholic priest who has spent 20 years as missionary among the Agta-Dumagat tribe in the Quezon portion of the Sierra Madre mountains. By continuing to violate the Agta’s human rights, he says, the state security forces…
Jennifer Laude, hate crimes, and the ‘big picture’
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Olongapo City prosecutor Emilie Fe de los Santos declared the other day during the preliminary investigation of the murder charge against Private First Class Joseph Scott Pemberton of the United States Marine Corps that “there is no gender issue” involved in the killing of Jennifer Laude. “The…
Too smug at Jusma-ugh
Military charged with International Humanitarian Law violations in Abra killings
Families of the “Lacub martyrs” went to Manila to redress their grievance against the “war crimes” committed by the military in its operations in Abra in September.
Ready for Ebola? Health workers don’t think so
“If the DOH has a problem managing preventable infectious diseases such as measles, how can we be assured that it can handle the deadly Ebola virus?” Read also: How to prevent the spread of Ebola virus