Tension and terror arise anew in the Tarlac hacienda.
Cojuangco-Aquino men fire shots, take over farm workers’ huts in Luisita
Month: December 2016
Salonga’s alternative vision to Marcos tyranny
Jovito R. Salonga, former Senate president and elder statesman, led the 2016 batch of 19 heroes and martyrs whose names were engraved on the Wall of Remembrance at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani in Quezon City last Nov. 30. He had been the moving spirit behind the Bantayog, established 30 years ago to recognize and…
Ramos in the time of Duterte
Former President Fidel V. Ramos has been credited with — or blamed for — convincing Rodrigo Duterte to run for the presidency and supporting his candidacy. Duterte has so acknowledged Ramos’s role in making the former city mayor president — the first politician in history to hold that post without any previous experience in a…
Children to Duterte: We want justice, independence, peace
“Katarungan! Kalayaan! Kapayapaan!”
Political prisoners, kin, start fasting
Political prisoners and their kin have started skipping meals to protest their continued detention in spite of President Duterte’s pronouncement on their release.
‘Release of political prisoners, a matter of justice’ – peace advocate
Gloria Almonte, wife of a political prisoner, and the other families of political prisoners and human rights advocates will launch a hunger strike starting tomorrow until Dec. 10 to demand the release of all political prisoners.
Political prisoner dies after 9 years in jail for trumped-up charges
“He was really hoping he would be released. His dream came true indeed. His handcuffs had been removed only that he’s inside a coffin now.” — Choan, daughter of Bernabe Ocasla
Mr. President, you could not totally disregard human rights
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective As December 10 International Human Rights day draws near, let us remind the Duterte administration that human rights is not something which could be upheld or disregarded at the whims or caprices of the government, the war no drugs notwithstanding. There are fundamental rights that could not be totally disregarded…
‘Grim Christmas’ | Public school teachers demand release of bonus
Teachers protest the delay in the release of their performance-based bonuses.
Martial Law still in force over workers in ecozones
The dismissal of union leaders and brutal demolition of strikers’ picket line or picket protest camp has become a familiar story across the country in recent years.
On Duterte’s promise to end contractualization, workers, youth see no development
“The policies that would likely bring the people’s desired change would begin only if Duterte scrapped the neoliberal policies adopted by his predecessors and now by his economic team.”