Dominic Gutoman is hungry for new ideas and connections. As a community manager and a reporter, his energy overflows as his reaction to most things mundane or sublime.
Dominic Gutoman is hungry for new ideas and connections. As a community manager and a reporter, his energy overflows as his reaction to most things mundane or sublime.
Residents said that the private blue guards are deployed by the JMV Security Services again, the same agency that deployed 80 armed private blue guards in their community on April 4.
Most of the arrested residents are known leaders who are actively speaking and campaigning against the entry of a private corporation in their island.
“There is no harmonised version of the election code, nor a mechanism to document which provisions are no longer in force. This affects the legal certainty of the texts, as is the case with the applicable provisions on international observation. Campaign finance is insufficiently regulated,” the mission stated.
“This unexplained discrepancy casts serious doubt on the accuracy and reliability of the Automated Canvassing Machine (ACM) used in the elections, raising the specter of either grave machine error or outright electoral fraud,” said Bayan Muna - Panay.
Progressive coalition Makabayan is calling for manual counting amid reports of uncounted votes—due to “undervoting and overvoting”— that surfaced today on election day, and the reported change in software version of automated counting machines (ACM).
“Only the NTF-ELCAC (National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict) has the budget and resources to conduct these kinds of attacks against the opposition candidates.”
“Ang layunin lang nito ay lituhin, guluhin ang ating eleksyon, pigilan ang pagbabalik ng Bayan Muna," ani former Bayan Muna representative at second nominee Carlos Zarate.
“This is not just electoral fraud. This is political identity theft on a national scale."
"The education system functions to produce a large number of cheap laborers for the benefit of foreign entities and big businesses, not really for the genuine development of Filipinos."
“We are already feeling the effects of reclamation, such as widespread and prolonged flooding every time there's a storm, and the loss of our livelihoods."
“Magbanua’s continuing disappearance shows that state security agencies can simply ignore writs of amparo and other court decisions that favor labor rights defenders."
MANILA — A life well-lived means a death well-honored. “Our beloved Ka Trining was brave and full of love for the oppressed. She was steadfast in opposing the rise of another dictatorship (in) our country,” Samahan ng mga Ex-Detainee Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto...
“For years, various tour operators have built a flourishing tourism industry on Ayta ancestral land, generating profit while the very people who have safeguarded these lands for generations receive little to nothing in return,” Katribu said in a statement.
CHR said that there are gaps in the “child-sensitive handling of OSAEC cases—from reporting mechanisms and rescue operations to rehabilitation and reintegration efforts.”
Nica is still a student of Wesleyan University-Philippines in Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija. However, this does not stop her in pursuing justice. Desaparecidos said that she has been an active member since her brother’s disappearance and a frequent speaker during protests and forums on human rights violations.
“The arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte for crimes against humanity marks a turning point. But it is only the beginning. Justice must not stop at symbolism, it must materialize in policy reform, prosecution of all perpetrators, and tangible support for the victims and their families.”
“These acts of red-tagging and harassment are fabrications built on false narratives and are being used as justification to openly trample on the basic civil rights of youth and student activists like Eyu [Delfin],” Bahaghari-Nueva Ecija said in a statement.
“Deploying armed men in Indigenous communities to enforce displacement and make way for big business interests has no place in a democratic society.”
“This type of abuse against children is widespread due to the extreme poverty that many Filipino families endure. They struggle to meet their daily needs because of low wages, lack of job opportunities, and the rising cost of goods,” Salinlahi Spokesperson Trixie Manalo said.
"Our community was once full of life, peaceful, but now we are being harassed by corporations trying to claim our land. We do not even know where they supposedly bought our land from. We just want a peaceful life."
A community of readers and supporters that help us sustain our operations through microdonations for as low as $1.