The BBL Law does not recognize and allow the exercise of the Moro’s right to self-determination, which include the right to have their own Constitution, their own identity, territories, own justice system, finance, armed forces and laws to utilize their natural resources and wealth, among others.
Month: May 2018
Recovering hors de combat arrested, detained in police station
Zaldy Cañete, 1st Pulang Bagani Company of the New People’s Army (1st PBC-NPA) commander, who is recovering from a traumatic head injury, has been arrested.
CASER may be approved by July or August—Joma
The parties are reportedly set to sign an interim peace accord via a coordinated unilateral ceasefire agreement as well as a general amnesty proclamation for NDFP-listed political prisoners and the signing of the agrarian reform and rural development and national industrialization and economic development components of the CASER in late June.
Progressive solons, workers push for nat’l minimum wage
“Truth be told, the wages of our workers have long been stunted and its purchasing power gravely diminished.”
Group accuses police, military of massacre in Matalam
Suara Bangsamoro has accused the Philippine National Police (PNP) of the “massacre” of nine Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) fighters who have reportedly already surrendered before being mercilessly mowed down with automatic gunfire last May 25 in North Cotabato.
Group assails FB for taking down accounts critical of Duterte
Arts and media group, Let’s Organize for Democracy and Integrity (Lodi) has slammed social media platform Facebook for taking down accounts of Duterte critics Mae “Juana Change” Paner and the popular Pinoy Ako Blog (PAB) creator Jover Laurio.
Suspected soldiers shoot dead Lumad woman in Agusan Sur
Two armed men in civilian clothes stopped them on the road and fired at them. Beverly sustained seven gunshot wounds, while her daughter was hit on the arm.
#BabaeAko #LalabanAko | Flores de Mayo highlights defiance against ‘Duterte’s tyranny’
The organizers and designers lamented how Flores de Mayo has been treated as beauty pageants these days and they wanted to show a deeper meaning to the tradition.
After the Supreme Court — the Senate?
The newly elected president of the Senate has been accused of plagiarism, of disrespecting women, of cluelessness about the most pressing issues of public concern, and of ignorance of the Constitution. During the debate on the Reproductive Health Bill, Vicente “Tito” Sotto III, who rose to his present exalted rank thanks to his credentials as…
A disturbing proposal on martial law imposition
May 23, 2017 marked the beginning of two catastrophes that befell the people of Mindanao; one year later, the harsh impact on their daily lives and the profound trauma in their individual and collective psyche seem far from being assuaged. First, there was the so-called siege of Marawi City, a nearly-five-month war between the state…
‘Di Terorista si Ama at Ina
Ni RENE BOY ABIVA Narinig ni Asyong sa radyo: tumaas na naman po ang presyo ng mga sumusunod at t’yak aaray ang inyong mga bulsa at kukunot ang inyong mga pawisin at makikintab na noo. Tumaas kangina lamang umaga ang matrikula ang bigas ang gasolina ang tinapay ang sigarilyo ang galunggong ang pamasahe ang sardinas…