Relocation site almost wiped out by typhoon
Thousands of residents affected in flooded relocation sites in Montalban.
Relocation site almost wiped out by typhoon
For every one killed or disappeared, hundreds replace them – Edita Burgos
For every one killed or disappeared, hundreds replace them – Edita Burgos
“It is amazing how, an injustice, whether this be an extrajudicial killing, an enforced disappearance or torture, gives birth to people who would have otherwise lived a different life, but had now taken up the cudgels for the killed, the disappeared and the tortured.” – Edita Burgos, mother of missing activist Jonas Burgos
A prelude to abolition? | DBM allots only P6,000 for NPO employees’ wages for 2015
A prelude to abolition? | DBM allots only P6,000 for NPO employees’ wages for 2015
“They really want to abolish the NPO because of the kickbacks they would get when working with private companies.” — Teresita Crisostomo, employee, National Printing Office
‘Special treatment’ | Groups slam transfer of Palparan to military jail
‘Special treatment’ | Groups slam transfer of Palparan to military jail
“President Aquino has never thought of the safety and security of its citizens, yet, the butcher Palparan, with hundreds of victims of human rights violations, gets top priority for protection, not unlike the treatment the plunderers get in this rotten regime.” – Karapatan
Court allows Palparan’s transfer to Army jail
Court allows Palparan’s transfer to Army jail
Col. Pepito Flamenco, warden of Bulacan Provincial Jail, and Sr. Supt. Ferdinand Divina, acting chief of the Bulacan police, admitted that the supposed threats to Palparan’s life are “speculative.”
Related story | ‘Special treatment’ | Groups slam transfer of Palparan to military jail
State workers denounce ‘Aquino dictatorship’
State workers denounce ‘Aquino dictatorship’
“We say no to President Aquino’s dictatorship. We have had enough of pay cuts, taxes and lay-offs, which best describe the situation of the more than 1.4 million government employees for the last four years.”-- Ferdinand Gaite, Courage president
From Marcos to Aquino, a picture of failed agrarian reform
From Marcos to Aquino, a picture of failed agrarian reform
SPECIAL REPORT: A fact-finding mission to Palawan in June reported how the peasants of Yulo King Ranch have been dispossessed of the land they were tilling when it was declared a pasture land during Martial Law. Their impoverishment and landlessness show a picture of failed agrarian reform from the regime of the dictator Marcos up to Aquino.
Peasants of Yulo King Ranch face landlessness, eviction
Peasants of Yulo King Ranch face landlessness, eviction
SPECIAL REPORT: A fact-finding mission to Palawan in June reported how the peasants of Yulo King Ranch have been dispossessed of the land they were tilling when it was declared a pasture land during Martial Law. Their impoverishment and landlessness show a picture of failed agrarian reform from the regime of the dictator Marcos up to Aquino.
Poverty, landlessness made peasants vulnerable to scam
Poverty, landlessness made peasants vulnerable to scam
“Pesante Pilipinas took advantage of the impoverished and desperate conditions of the affected peasants. They were recruited and deceived by this pseudo-peasant group who extorted money through annual renewal of membership fees, monthly dues and collections for operational expenses. Nothing, however, materialized from their promises.” Coron-Busuanga Fact-finding Report
Paramilitary group displaces Manobo tribe
Paramilitary group displaces Manobo tribe
“It is evident that government forces had put civilians’ lives at risk and have also hampered the children’s right to education. Therefore, it is just to call for the military to immediately stop their operations in the said communities, and to call for the government to disband the paramilitary groups in the area, particularly the Bagani Forces.” -- Rural Missionaries of the Philippines - Northern Mindanao
‘Do you have a heart, Mr. President?’ | Katuparan residents slam eviction threat
‘Do you have a heart, Mr. President?’ | Katuparan residents slam eviction threat
“Residents have endured the decrepit state of the buildings, which should have been maintained by the NHA but the residents have in fact been doing the needed repairs themselves. Now, they have been told that the housing complex is condemned without conclusive scientific tests to back the local government’s claim.” – Gabriela
‘A mockery of the constitution’ | Groups mourn ‘death’ of impeachment raps
‘A mockery of the constitution’ | Groups mourn ‘death’ of impeachment raps
“From his perpetuation of domestic pork barrel corruption to his subservience to foreign military and economic interests and wanton disregard of the environment, Aquino must be held to account beyond the halls of the House of Representatives.” -- Clemente Bautista, national coordinator of the Kalikasan-PNE
‘Ruthless legacy’ | 7 activists killed in August
‘Ruthless legacy’ | 7 activists killed in August
SPECIAL REPORT: “There is no let-up in extrajudicial killings with BS Aquino’s Oplan Bayanihan.” – Karapatan
3 impeachment raps junked | ‘It’s a sad day for Filipinos’
3 impeachment raps junked | ‘It’s a sad day for Filipinos’
"It is sad and at the same time a cause for outrage that a venue for accountability such as the impeachment process is being shut close by Aquino's allies. The people must continue to seek accountability elsewhere." – Renato Reyes Jr., Bagong Alyansang Makabayan secretary general
Mothers of missing UP students assail Palparan’s ‘delaying tactics’
Mothers of missing UP students assail Palparan’s ‘delaying tactics’
“This is just one of his delaying tactics. He does not want to be convicted. He wants to be spared from the conditions of a regular jail.”-- Mrs. Concepcion Empeño, on Jovito Palparan Jr’s motion for reconsideration seeking transfer to a military jail in Metro Manila
On the International Day of the Disappeared | ‘Convict Palparan,’ say kin of desaparecidos
On the International Day of the Disappeared | ‘Convict Palparan,’ say kin of desaparecidos
“We have done everything we could. But we are faithful to what we started and we will pursue it until the end.” – Edita Burgos
Rights lawyers mourn killing of colleague
Rights lawyers mourn killing of colleague
“As we remember those who have died in the line of fire, we must protect those who are left standing, especially those who are one with the people in their causes, principled, weather-beaten and under attack. We shall carry on, Rudy.”
Signing up vs pork | People hope a small step leads to big changes
Signing up vs pork | People hope a small step leads to big changes
“Any big effort would not succeed if we would not do things as small as affixing our signatures. All big things have small beginnings.”- Bong Almonte, signatory to the People’s Initiative Against Pork
Bicol labor leader freed on bail
Bicol labor leader freed on bail
“The arrest and detention of Hernan Certeza is a clear manifestation that there is no genuine freedom in the country and, heroes who fight for it are silenced and detained.” -- Vince Casilihan of Karapatan - Bicol
Martial law activists warn Aquino vs ‘doing a Marcos’
Martial law activists warn Aquino vs ‘doing a Marcos’
“We ousted a dictator before. We can do it again!” – Marie Hilao-Enriquez, chairperson of the Samahan ng mga Ex-detainees laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (Selda)
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