MANILA — Relatives of victims, journalists and press freedom advocates marked the sixth year of the of the Ampatuan Massacre with a protest march from Pureza street to Chino Roces (formerly Mendiola) bridge. The Nov. 23, 2009 incident in barangay Salman, Ampatuan, Maguindanao claimed the lives of 58 individuals, of whom 32 were journalists. Suspects…
In the 2014 Impunity Index of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), the Philippines was ranked third next to Iraq and Somalia.
Another day of delay in bringing justice to the 58 victims is another license for greater human rights violations and unaccountability in the country. We could no longer allow this government, or the next, to continue this injustice.
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Ni MARIA THERESA MORTA “Tulak!” Basa ng tubig na maalat. “Tulak pa!” Basa ng tubig na nagpapahirap ng paghinga. “Palit, palit, may tama!” Harap na. Unang linya. Hawak sa asul na harang. Lapat na lapat ang dalawang mga palad at sampung mga daliri. “Tulak!” At tumulak pa ng makailang ulit. Kasabay ng patuloy na buhos…
“We bring home victory: the support of a broad range of people to the people’s resistance in Mindanao, which is also the Filipino people’s struggle.”
“By perpetrating these forms of violence and violations of our civil liberties, Mr. Aquino is actually showcasing to the foreign media and the world the complete opposite of what he said at the summit.”
By RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVA
“If the government really wants to uplift us from our impoverished conditions, why did it have to wait for an Apec? They could have helped us long before.”
“The US is the number one polluter historically, while China is the current top polluter. Both have not committed to cut their annual carbon pollution to significant levels.”