“They are here now because Luistro did nothing when their schools were being shut down by the state and paramilitary forces.”
Lumad school children, teachers hold mobile school outside DepEd office
Day: November 11, 2015
Education Sec. Luistro snubs Lumad children’s camp-out
The Save our Schools Network said Education Secretary Bro.Armin Luistro has become instrumental in the perpetration of attacks on schools all over Mindanao.
Trial of Mary Jane recruiters begins
“My daughter is innocent. The whole world knows that. But why is it taking that long to set her free?”
Lumád, green groups protest at mines bureau
“The Mines and Geosciences Bureau will play its role in this callousness by further ignoring the impunity of large-scale miners in Mindanao and elsewhere in the Philippines, to perpetuate the lie of peace and economic development in the mining industry.”
Paramilitary group kills two Lumád men, minor in Bukidnon
From September to October, three Lumád, including a minor, were killed by suspected members of the Dela Mance paramilitary group, which is affiliated with the dreaded Alamara.
No settlement on Morong 43 civil suit vs Arroyo, military
“It has been five years since we were wrongfully arrested, jailed and tortured by state agents. Such heinous crimes involve command responsibility and we seek justice.”
Private hospital workers’ unions to join APEC protest
“It would be much better if President Aquino alloted the budget in this summit for the modernization of government hospitals .”
‘Aquino buying off state workers with crumbs’
Rank-and-file employees will get only up to 22 percent increase, while the President gets 233 percent raise.
Polluters not paying: privatization as root of the energy crisis
A corporate-driven national power policy and program makes even clean and renewable energy projects anti-people and anti-environment.