“This is specifically intended to pay tribute to the advocates of the resolution of the homegrown armed conflict on our soil.”
Month: February 2019
Can Bangsamoro Autonomous region bring genuine peace to Moro people?
“…if traditional politicians will be here to stay, then this will be no different from the past attempts to build an autonomous region.”
Group decries spread of red-tagging lists, flyers in CDO
“Such notorious lists have further endangered the already perilous situation of human rights defenders. We have repeatedly raised how these arbitrary and baseless accusations incite threats to the lives and security of named individuals, the worst of which is that they become victims of extrajudicial killings.”
Delisting Desap
Illustration by DEE AYROSO
Bulacan fisherfolk, women want genuine, inclusive Manila Bay rehabilitation
While the government is riding on the popular call for cleanup of Manila Bay, harnessing free labor of volunteers for fishing out thrash in Manila Bay, it is, on the other hand, disproportionately blaming the poor and seeking their demolition in favor of reclamation plans and other real estate development.
GMA 7 talents are regular employees, appellate court rules
“Truly, without their work, petitioner GMA would have nothing to air, hence the private respondents’ services in the former’s television program were unquestionably necessary and essential.”
‘Big-time oil price hikes can be avoided’ – progressive lawmakers
“The latest round of price hikes will definitely hurt consumers including low to middle-income earners and especially poor sectors like farmers, fisherfolk and urban poor.”
PH gov’t red tags rights groups in complaint to UN
“The testimonies of the victims and their communities, as well as their steadfast commitment to fight for justice are enough bases to overcome the lies of this administration.”
NPA seizes 5 high-powered rifles from army soldiers in Mis Or encounter
MANILA — In the mountainous area of Macupa, Talisayan in Misamis Oriental, an armed encounter between a unit of the New People’s Army (NPA) and soldiers from the 58th Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army, took place at 9:30 in the morning of Feb 23. The Army is in the area reportedly gearing up for combat operations.…
How redbaiting triggers the killing of activists in the Philippines
No one has stopped them from lampooning the CPP in local and international platforms. But they turned their valid right to criticize into a cheap redbaiting ploy to attack activists. It is therefore not a surprise to learn that the state has used their work to develop a propaganda material and even legal evidence to persecute militant activists while praising the politics of the moderates.
EDSA happened
By DEE AYROSO