“The peasants of Southern Tagalog call on the Duterte administration, and to Quezon Governor (David) Suarez to immediately release Antonio Pajalla.”
Peasant groups decry illegal arrest of leader
Day: August 13, 2016
Migrant rights group lauds OFWs exemption from onerous gov’t certificate
“We urge President Duterte to not only limit the exemption to returning OFWs, but to abolish the OEC permanently.”
Local courts order temporary freedom for NDFP’s Concha Araneta
The CPP said Maria Conception Araneta-Bocala should have been immune from arrest as she is protected by the Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees (Jasig).
Courts okay temporary liberty for 2 NDFP consultants
Lawyers are hopeful that other local courts will also grant the motions for release on bail of all the 22 NDFP consultants.
After the ‘quick fix’
The Duterte administration’s campaign against the illegal drug trade and drug abuse apparently assumes that the government can purge the country of its drug problem by killing small-time suspected drug pushers and even users. President Rodrigo Duterte himself after all told us during his first State of the Nation Address (SoNA) that the biggest drug…
Impunity on extrajudicial killings is a Marcos legacy
Last Tuesday presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella was quoted as telling reporters how President Duterte felt about the drug-related killings, both by the police and vigilantes, under his watch: “I think he’s very concerned and, in fact, bothered and troubled. He is deeply and profoundly concerned.” Did Abella accurately fathom the President’s innermost feelings on the…