Soldiers forcing Lumad chieftains to join paramilitary group
“We denounce the arming of the Lumad people against their own kin, making them pawns against the government's fight against insurgency.”
Dee Ayroso is a self-taught illustrator and was a Bulatlat editor before she focused on cartooning. Comics is where her flaws and strengths in writing and drawing can sit together and have coffee.
Dee Ayroso is a self-taught illustrator and was a Bulatlat editor before she focused on cartooning. Comics is where her flaws and strengths in writing and drawing can sit together and have coffee.
“We denounce the arming of the Lumad people against their own kin, making them pawns against the government's fight against insurgency.”
“Today we walk out against BS. No more lies, no more injustice, no more impunity.”
A children’s rights group and a youth solon said that the K-12 program is giving everyone more headaches than solutions.
“We are again calling on the House leadership to immediately resume the Congress probe on Mamasapano to further expose the truth because Pres.Aquino is again trying to obscure it and escape accountability.”
“The basic question is: will the BBL address the basic problems of right to self-determination, poverty and ancestral domain?”
“Suara Bangsamoro stands that if the AFP is sincere in its desire to achieve peace in Maguindanao, it should immediately recall its troops from their civilian encampments.”
Many Moro heroes in Philippine history have been ignored and forgotten because of a legacy from the colonizers: the alienation between Christians and Muslims.
“He (Aquino) does not recognize and respect the indigenous peoples rights to their land and self-determination, and he turns a blind eye to the killings of indigenous peoples and the grave human rights violations committed against them by agents of the State,” said Piya Macliing Malayao, Katribu secretary general.
Calling President Aquino the “Plunderer-President,” protesters said the Mining Act and the government’s continued liberalization of mining adds more reason for his ouster.
Ten years ago today, veteran protest leader Danilo Macapagal, who survived the cruel martial law years, disappeared under the regime of his own cousin, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
“This casts a shadow of doubt on the real circumstances of their death and also fuel allegations that they might have indeed participated in actual combat operations.”
The Suara Bangsamoro is calling for a stop to the government’s all-out offensive against Moro rebels as thousands of civilians are the ones who bear the brunt of the military aggression.
“A review of the JSOTF-P operations in the Philippines will reveal the extent of US military intervention in the Philippines.”
“They are obviously hiding something. The family has strong reason to believe that Masubay did not commit suicide.”
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