Kalumbay described Datu Reynaldo Ayuma as being “consistently at the forefront of the struggle of the Camansi evacuees against development aggression of their ancestral domain.”
Lumad chieftain, 6 others arrested in Misamis Oriental
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Judge junks motion filed by lawyers of Tacloban journalist, 2 others
“Our call to drop all charges against Frenchie Mae and to immediately release her is now more urgent than ever.”
For Filipino farmers, Danding Cojuangco left a legacy of exploitation and oppression
“Throughout the past regimes, Danding was able to amass great wealth, power, and influence after plundering the coco levy fund collected from small coconut farmers during Martial Law.”
Cebu court orders release of 8 activists
NUPL-Cebu said the arrest of the Cebu 8 bolsters the call for the junking of the anti-terror bill.
Canada-based groups call for release of Filipino political prisoners amid COVID-19
“This chain of death is precisely the reason which we families of prisoners sought to avert with our petition to release vulnerable prisoners in order to save human life.”
Offline protests condemn shutdown of ABS-CBN
“Shrinking democratic space through the militarizing of the pandemic response as well as not closing the largest media network’s airwaves is a direct affront to civil liberties.”
Veteran journalists urge the public to defend press freedom, democratic rights
“Di ko akalain na ang kalayaan na na-achieve natin noong 1986 ay manganganib uli ngayon.” (I did not expect that the freedom we had achieved in 1986 would be threatened once again.)
In shutting down ABS-CBN, lawyers say NTC bypassed Congress
“The NTC’s Order has preempted Congressional action in this area exclusively reserved to it by the Constitution and is an exercise of discretion that gravely upsets the constitutional architecture and design.”
Suspension not enough, scrap mandatory Philhealth for OFWs – group
“OFWs deserve to get steady and efficient relief at this time of crisis. The Duterte regime better stop treating Filipino migrants as milking cows to subsidize big private profit in a country dominated by profit-oriented healthcare facilities.”
Website of Baguio-based alternative media outfit under attack
Northern Dispatch believes that the attack is state-perpetrated, noting that the media outfit and their staff members were also subjected to intense red-tagging by military and its army or trolls.
Family of Kiko Pangilinan, actress Jodi Sta. Maria offer to pay for bail of ‘San Roque 21’
“i’m really sorry i don’t normally put that stuff out here but nanginginig ako sa galit and they need to be set free and the faster we can get this done the better.”