“Justice can’t be bought with politicking, with cheap tricks.”
#Manilakbayan2015 protest at LP headquarters
Day: November 7, 2015
Lumád camp to be kicked out of Liwasang Bonifacio on Nov. 13
“We are being driven out of our ancestral lands, now, even here at Liwasang Bonifacio, we are also being evicted?”
Instead of receiving gov’t assistance, Yolanda survivors being harassed, killed by soldiers
“Instead of adequately addressing the sustainable livelihood needs of the farmers, the government trample upon the economic and human rights of the farmers. Following reports of indiscriminate firing from the military, farmers are forced to flee from their homes and sources of livelihood.”
Rolling proselytising
By RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVA
Tanim-bala sa NAIA
Lihim na itinanim sa biktimang maleta, OFWng hamak may ani palang bala! Hindi rin pinalampas seniors, mga turista. “Isolated cases,” ani Honrado ng NAIA. “Konti lang iyan,” sagot ni Kalihim Abaya. Tinanong naman si Mar, sigaw n’ya “Propaganda ‘yan laban sa gobyerno!” Naging pasahang-bola ang dapat ginagapas ligaw na ebidensya. Hangga’t ang mga utak ng…
Arbitration ‘privatizes’justice system in the US
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Privatization is one of the three elements (along with liberalization and deregulation) of neoliberal economic globalization that has immensely contributed to mass impoverishment and gross income inequality worldwide. Now, it turns out that in the United States even the judicial system is being privatized,…
Bulletproof in the reign of impunity
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld If there were an award for the most duplicitous story of the year, it should go to the Philippine National Police (PNP) for its claim that the bullets that are being regularly “discovered” in the luggage of airline passengers have not been planted by so-called security personnel…
Health groups hit APEC, says Obama will push TPP in summit
“The impact of APEC and the TPP on health is that millions of people will be denied access to essential and much needed medicines, with the tightening of patents and intellectual property rights.”