By DEE AYROSO
Shared hopes
Month: October 2023
Progressives assail PH gov’t abstention from UN reso for humanitarian truce
“No amount of explanation can bury the fact that the Philippines refused to support a humanitarian resolution and legitimized genocide as a form of so-called right to self-defense of an imperialist-backed occupation state.”
‘Stop enabling genocide’ – groups to PH gov’t
“We are linked by a common fight against US imperialism which is the main backer of Zionism.”
Transport group protests over oil price hike, ‘bogus’ modernization
As the deadline for traditional jeepney consolidation approaches PISTON urged the government to junk the program as it will only prolong the suffering of jeepney drivers.
News in Pictures | LGBTQIA+ community, continues to fight for equality
The event aims for the LGBTQIA+ community to achieve the desired equality in society.
Rural folk in Asia kick off activities for climate justice
Rural peoples in different countries in Asia kicked off mobilizations geared towards the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of Parties 28 (COP 28) in Dubai come November.
Rights group denounces pattern of killings, other forms rights abuses
Amid all these, Karapatan said their group and the rest of the human rights community will not stop in its efforts to expose and oppose the brutal extrajudicial killings and the threats and red-tagging that increasingly target not only activists and other human rights defenders but ordinary civilians.
QC police files new raps vs artist, activists over SONA effigy
“This is clearly a harassment suit because I wasn’t even present at the SONA rally. I was on a trip abroad. I was already mid-air when the rally happened.”
Torture survivors appeal court decision acquitting ‘Butcher’ Palparan
Torture survivors Raymond and Reynaldo Manalo have filed their appeal before a Malolos court that earlier acquitted retired Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan and several members of the military auxiliary force earlier this month.
Solon sues ex-president Duterte over threat to kill her
“Though factually baseless and clearly malicious, I cannot merely dismiss Respondent Duterte’s red-tagging and accompanying grave threats as either figurative, joking, or otherwise benign considering that many victims of extrajudicial killings, illegal arrest and detentions, excommunicado confinements, forced disappearances and other analogous attacks were called or labeled ‘communists,’ members or supporters of the NPA, “terrorists,” and like labels before they were attacked.”
Market Watch | Farmers cannot afford rice these days, says group
“We are justified in opposing high rice prices that burden consumers and even farmers who cannot afford it anymore. The public must strongly oppose and protest against exorbitant rice and food prices. However, Marcos Jr’s price ceiling and other palliative measures do not explain why rice is expensive in the country, and more importantly, none of these address the most basic problems of rice farmers.”