When photojournalists transcend their occupation of using the lens just to observe or break the news and dare step into the workers’ front lines, their images can rouse the viewer out of detached contemplation. By Lisa C. Ito The power of photojournalism lies in...
A peasant congressman from Central Luzon said that the heightened militarization in the region – which is taking place while Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan was designated commander of the 7th Infantry Division last September – has a hidden agenda: To neutralize the...
The widow of the late Dutch finance minister and chairman of the EU Central Bank is accosted and detained by Israeli immigration authorities on suspicion of being a “terrorist.” By D. L. MONDELO Political Correspondent for Europe “If you are not with us, you are...
Muslim detainees appeal for humane treatment In a privilege speech Oct. 4, Gabriela Women’s Party Rep. Liza Maza called Camp Bagong Diwa Detention Center as the Philippines’ version of Auswichtz. Auswichtz was the infamous German concentration camp that housed Jews...
This brief incident on historic Mendiola Bridge clearly exposes the Arroyo government’s policy towards peaceful assemblies of citizens as nothing short of fascist. It has no place in a so-called democratic society and is clearly a harbinger of de facto martial...
Two teenagers stare nonchalantly at a life-size wax statue of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos in his mausoleum in Batac, Ilocos Norte (471 kms. north of Manila). They are Bab-bab and Bugan, great-grandchildren of the famed Ibaloi warrior Kustacio Carantes, who...
Using the Calibrated Preemptive Response and Executive Order 464, the government crackdown on groups and individuals challenging the Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo presidency is in full gear. A people’s lawyer said martial rule will be in full circle once another fascist...
Last June, the unions in Hacienda Luisita declared they will encourage and undertake systematic cultivation of portions of idle land in the plantation to produce food crops and stave off hunger during the rainy season. The “bungkalan” (cultivation) immediately became a big hit among hacienda workers’ families, enabling them to buy food and simple household needs.
8 political killings reported since September Eight politically-motivated killings have been reported in Central Luzon in just over a month. The cases have been reported in the aftermath of the assignment of Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan as commander of the 7th...
Prominent officials, lawyers, union leaders were in 'hit list' Before Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan drew controversy for his alleged campaign of terror in Mindoro Island and later Eastern Visayas, he was first stationed in Central Luzon where his counter-revolutionary...
Arrested and detained by soldiers last Sept. 30, seven peasants were finally freed Oct. 7. The victims decried the physical and psychological torture they suffered while in detention, as cause-oriented groups stressed that what they went through is a sign that the...
The future of the Arroyo administration is at best uncertain, and at worst exceedingly bleak. CenPEG is a public policy center set up shortly before the May 2004 elections to help promote people empowerment in governance and democratic representation of the...
As the Arroyo administration guns for gold in mining, the country is ultimately left with nothing but environmental destruction, social displacement and financial bleeding. By Jennifer del Rosario Malonzo IBON Features The Philippines is once again hosting a...
We need to struggle against the prostitution of our nation. All this preposterous government is doing is to sell our people out. In the diversion of psychic ping-pong, our morale is at the losing end. By JPaul Manzanilla In the rare times that I am able to watch...
Tatlong tula Vicky Samonte, 51, was a member of the national council of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) and headed the Andres Soriano College Employees Union in Bislig, Surigao del Sur. She was stabbed to death while on her way home with a fellow teacher...
Ni Noel Malicdem OFW* sa gitna ng disyerto Bayani kung ituring kami ng gobyerno Wala naman magawa kapag kami’y inaabuso Baka masira daw relasyon sa bansang kinalalagyan ko Magtiis na lang hanggang matapos kontrata ko. Mayroon nga tayong konsulado Mga nakatalaga...
With the man having only one leg and using a crutch to walk, one is wont to think that he needs help in crossing the busy Session Road in Baguio City, 246 kms. north of Manila. Despite his condition, he sees to it that his daughters get safely across the road as he...
For the third time since the powerful Cojuangco clan acquired the vast sugar estate Hacienda Luisita in 1958, thousands of its farm hands are again facing the prospect of owning the land that is rightfully theirs. Will they finally hit this chance? Will the axe...
“This victory will not have been possible without the sacrifice of the martyrs of Hacienda Luisita. However, justice for the people of the hacienda will only be complete if the perpetrators of the murders of the seven workers and four of their supporters will be...
Can people be arrested for no apparent reason? The answer is yes in Negros. Which then leads one to ask: Does this already portends of things to come, especially now that the Arroyo administration has adopted a “calibrated preemptive response” to mass actions? BY...
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