Month: April 2016
Undeclared martial law in Kidapawan? | Rights violations continue to escalate, groups say
“The brazen human rights violation and martial law in North Cotabato is madness in the highest order.”
Impending strike brewing at TV5
“The point of a new CBA is to improve the wages and benefits of employees but it seems the management does not want anything better for us. If the employees are treated well, they would be more productive and the company will also benefit.”
Journalists harassed in Kidapawan coverage
“It is the responsibility of the Philippine National Police to ensure their safety as they do their job as journalists.”
United Methodist, church groups join clamor for justice for Kidapawan massacre victims
“The United Methodist Church deplores violence of any kind, and we are praying for a just and peaceful solution that upholds the dignity and protects the human rights of all persons.”
‘Cover-up’ | Solon slams police search in farmers’ sanctuary in Kidapawan
“The search warrant only adds more insult to the injury inflicted by the government to the starving farmers. Why they are being searched? They are not the violent rousers, it’s the police who started the dispersal upon the order of Gov. Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza.”
Neglect of farmers led to Kidapawan massacre
“Aquino’s unparalleled incompetence and gross negligence in addressing the prolonged drought is among the main culprit in the bloody carnage of farmers in Kidapawan.”
Intl rights groups assail Kidapawan massacre
“The Aquino government will pay for this carnage, and it will pay dearly. The history of peasant movements of the world is nothing if not instructive.”
Old and new
By RAYMUND VILLANUEVA
TV5 employees union to conduct strike vote next week
“They were not negotiating at all are instead dictating the terms of the CBA.”
Pursue diplomacy, restrain belligerence in sea dispute
Starting Monday the 15th annual US-Philippine joint (Balikatan) military exercises under the 1999 Visiting Forces Agreement will roll out in various sites in the country. Nearly 10,000 American and Filipino soldiers will undergo 10 days of training in warfare. This is a massive exercise for the US, which will deploy 55 aircraft, including its much-touted…