Ronalyn V. Olea or Len to her colleagues loves to brew coffee strong enough to keep everyone in the newsroom awake. She’s a vegan and a bike commuter, braving the chaos of the road to get to meetings and errands.
Ronalyn V. Olea or Len to her colleagues loves to brew coffee strong enough to keep everyone in the newsroom awake. She’s a vegan and a bike commuter, braving the chaos of the road to get to meetings and errands.
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com (Updated 4:30 p.m.) MANILA -- National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) consultants Wilma Tiamzon and Benito Tiamzon have been released on bail this morning. The Tiamzons were welcomed by supporters as they walked out of...
“There is no reason for them (Tiamzons) not to be released.”
"This is just an initial step in the long struggle for genuine peace."
Survivors of martial law, former Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares and Bonifacio Ilagan, vice chairperson of Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa Aresto (SELDA) insist that the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos should not be accorded a hero's burial. Video and editing by...
"It's so painful. It's like erasing the sins of Marcos."
The CPP said Maria Conception Araneta-Bocala should have been immune from arrest as she is protected by the Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees (Jasig).
Lawyers are hopeful that other local courts will also grant the motions for release on bail of all the 22 NDFP consultants.
Local courts granted the urgent motions for release on bail of eight consultants of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP).
The Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 32 granted the urgent motion for release on bail of National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) consultants Wilma Tiamzon, Benito Tiamzon and Adelberto Silva.
“Their memory, knowledge and influence is valuable.”
Police Superintendent Herardo Hermosilla, head of the SOCO team, admitted before the court that his team did not do the digging of the alleged skeletal remains and that he does not know who did it.
Peace negotiations shall resume in the higher interest of peace and national security." – Supreme Court
"No, we are not saying he is lying. We are saying that, by casting such a broad assertion against media without presenting any proof, Mr. Aguirre is not only committing a serious injustice, he is endangering all journalists."
"He (Duterte) is showing himself to be more and more cantankerous, inventing one reason after another to attack the CPP and NPA instead of finding ways to push forward peace negotiations," the CPP said.
“Mines designed to be detonated by the presence, proximity or contact of a vehicle as opposed to a person, that are equipped with anti-handling devices, are not considered anti-personnel mines as a result of being so equipped.”
Without a doubt, their wanderer-son is truly “Bayani ng Maralita,” (Bayani ng Maralita) a description printed on the shirts of Wendell’s family on that night of tribute and goodbyes.
“The NDFP is willing to give time for the GRP to effect the release of detained NDFP consultants.” -- Luis Jalandoni
“Legalities, judicial processes should not be a hindrance but in fact should facilitate the peace negotiations because the peace negotiations have a higher objective.”
“Instead of ensuring the protection and rights of people who use drugs, including the right to health and provision of voluntary, evidence-based drug treatment and harm reduction services, President Duterte has called for them to be killed.”
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – The father of a farmer killed during the April 1 dispersal in Kidapawan City, North Cotabato filed criminal charges against a military witness. Ebao Sulang, whose 22-year-old son Darwin was one of the two killed, charged...
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