Among those holed up and needing rescue in embattled Marawi city are 42 UCCP members, including a two-month-old baby.
UCCP appeals to gov’t troops to save civilian hostages, ‘Dansalan 42’
Month: May 2017
Workers on 2-month strike harassed by soldiers in Mindanao
On May 27, the soldiers barged into the picket line of Shin Sun workers in ComVal. They asked the workers to pack up, go home, put an end to their strike so production at the fruit company can resume.
268 private colleges to increase tuition
Data culled by Kabataan Partylist showed that most private HEIs earn billions a year and have been listed in the Top 1000 corporations in the Philippines.
Bombs – duhh
By DEE AYROSO
Women’s groups chide Duterte: ‘Rape is no laughing matter’
“Poor women victims are not laughing.”
The Manchester Bombing is Blowback from the West’s Disastrous Interventions and Covert Proxy Wars
In their pursuit of imperial delusions in Libya and beyond, Western leaders cynically sacrificed the security of their own citizens, setting the stage for the massacre in Manchester.
GRP announces non-participation in fifth round of formal talks
Dureza refused to give details on their reasons and just asked the reporters present at the press briefing to report their statements “as stated.”
Oppose threats of media censorship
In these extremely pressing times, the media, journalists, and netizens should not be censored but should instead be encouraged to work together in investigating the Mindanao crisis and examining the basis, implementation, and possible excesses of martial law.
Panels end tensed first day with agreement to resume informal talks tomorrow
The GRP and the NDFP are still trying to save what appeared earlier in the day to be an imminent cancellation of the round, sources from both parties said.
Are ‘spoilers’ hobbling GRP-NDFP peace talks?
An atmosphere of cautiousness, overshadowed by the imposition of martial law in Mindanao, hangs over the fifth round of GRP-NDFP formal negotiations under the Duterte government which begin today (till June 1), in Noordwijk aan Zee, the Netherlands. Much depends on how events will unfold in the next few days: how will the Mindanao situation…
The case for CASER
If the war between the armed forces of the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and those of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) officially and finally ends as a result of the peace talks between these adversaries, Rodrigo Roa Duterte will secure a place in history as the most effective president the Philippines…