By DEE AYROSO
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Month: October 2017
Nueva Ecija bungkalan | ‘Our struggle put food on our table’
This harvest season, the farmers of Baloc, Sto. Domingo reaped the fruit of their struggle for land.
Rise Up-Metro Manila | Human rights advocates, EJK victims’ kin unite to form group
The formation of the Metro Manila chapter of the group Rise Up marks the growing number of families of EJK victims who are taking a stand against impunity and fear.
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By RENAN ORTIZ
Cordilleran leaders harassed by Ilocos Sur police, military
“We urgently appeal to the public in condemning the harassment of State security forces to the people, to communities and people’s organisations.”
On farmers’ appeal for land and justice, Duterte is mum
For ten days (Oct. 16-25) peasants from Mindanao, Visayas, and Luzon motored, sailed, and trekked to the National Capital Region in what they called “Pambansang Lakbayan ng Magsasaka para sa Lupa at Laban sa Pasismo.” Having camped outside the gate of the Department of Agrarian Reform (as they had annually done for many years), they…
Wishful thinking
After saying that he still “has to talk to the NPA (New People’s Army),” by which statement he meant that the Government of the Philippines will have to resume peace talks with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), President Rodrigo Duterte announced that he’s not yet ready to do so. His latest statements…
Faced with uncertainties, evicted Pasig Floodway urban poor set-up ‘homeless camp’ in Mendiola
“People are asking the demolition team to show documents authorizing the demolition but they could not show anything. They just said it was Mayor Robert Eusebio’s orders, and they did not need to show papers.”
Soldiers arrest a fieldworker of EU-funded human rights project
Julito Otacan’s work is crucial for the project to take hold and help the lives of the Lumad communities
Moro group: ‘PH, US govts accountable for rights abuses in Marawi’
“The US government and Duterte’s incessant accusation against the Moro people as harboring terrorists gave a go-signal for the military and the police to openly attack Moro civilians and communities.”
Lawyers’ group condemns killing of Sorsogon human rights worker
Edwin Pura, 49, was shot dead early morning Oct. 25 by two suspected military men in Gubat, Sorsogon.