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 MANILA -- The book “Ka Bel: The Life and Struggle of Crispin Beltran” is a must-read for everyone. Every page engages the reader and makes one examine the purpose of his/her own life. Ina Alleco Silverio ’s description of Ka Bel...
“Did it have to take so long for the Supreme Court to find out that the investigators made serious lapses? ...the Supreme Court took five weeks short of 2 years simply to say that it cannot rule on the case because there were lapses in the investigation?” Mrs. Edita Burgos said in a letter to the justices dated June 23, a copy of which was sent to Bulatlat.
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“The business of ensuring justice for all victims weighs just as heavy on Aquino as head of state as it should on all those whose sworn duty it is to protect and ensure the life and welfare of all citizens but which, sadly, they still have to do so,” the NUJP said.
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Even as the Arroyo administration is about to turn over the reins of government to incoming president Noynoy Aquino, six new extrajudicial killings were committed, sending a message that impunity is here to stay, unless the incoming Aquino government will do something about it.
By CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise/Business World Posted by Bulatlat.com Soon-to-be Philippine President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III asks for understanding that he is no “superman” and should be given at least three years to make good on his campaign promises....
Relatives of the Morong 43 trooped to the residence of incoming President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III to appeal for the release of their loved ones.
From the Concerned People of Australia and New Zealand We, concerned groups of Australia and New Zealand, urge you Mr. Aquino, to prove to the international community that there is hope for significant improvement in the Philippine human rights situation and...
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Under the Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo regime, from January 2001 to March 2010, Karapatan’s data showed that there are 317 political prisoners languishing in different jails all over the country, including the 43 health workers.
By RONALYN V. OLEA
In prison, would-be mothers Carina Oliveros and Mercy Castro struggle for freedom. They try to be strong for the babies they would soon give birth to.
By RONALYN V. OLEA
During the 14th session of the United Nations human Rights Council, the Ecumenical Voice for Peace and Human Rights asked the help of the council to push the next government to fulfill the promise of incoming president Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III that he would have the perpetrators of extrajudicial killings captured and sent to jail.
Since 2001, some 26 lawyers and 17 judges have already been killed in the Philippines. Some 51 others were attacked, labeled and harassed.
By RONALYN OLEA
UN Special Rapporteur Prof. Philip Alston visited the country in February 2007 to look into the spate of extrajudicial killings. He cited the counter-insurgency program of the government and the failure to prosecute perpetrators as the main reasons behind the killings.
By RONALYN OLEA
Union member Edward Panganiban is the ninth worker killed in Southern Tagalog and the 96th nationwide under the Arroyo government.
“As an organization of people’s lawyers, we will make it certain that the outgoing Arroyo government will not escape prosecutions and be made accountable for crimes committed against the people,” said Filipino lawyer Edre Olalia, acting secretary general of the National Union of People’s Lawyers (NUPL)
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares said bigger challenges await them in the 15th Congress not only due to the presence of the Arroyos and Marcoses but also because of the stature of steadfastness, commitment and dedication to the masses that Liza Maza and Satur Ocampo, who completed their last term in the 14th Congress, have established.
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By RONALYN V. OLEA
“She [Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo] is the only president who implemented the bloodiest and most vicious counterinsurgency program because the focus of this is to attack civil-society organizations, a move that was not made by previous presidents,” Marie Hilao-Enriquez of Karapatan said.
By RONALYN OLEA
“Some say the sins of the father should not be passed on to the children but the First Family immensely benefited during Marcos’ reign. In that sense, they are part of the accountability,” said Dr. Judy Taguiwalo, former political prisoner and torture victim during the Marcos dictatorship.
By the Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG) The Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG) congratulates the teachers, media, watchdogs, and the Filipino people, for their collective efforts at vigilance and dedication to national interest...
Dear Justice Corona, In a few hours from now, our country will again be thrust into a first – a situation where no other Filipino men and women have tread and dared to embark. It will be the time of affirmance; a time when the precarious De Castro v. JBC will...
Atty. Manuel J. Laserna Jr. Founder, Las Pinas City Bar Association Professor of Law, FEU (retired) My worst nightmare as a member of the Bar, as a former law professor and as a local Bar leader has come! Pres. Gloria Arroyo, a nonlawyer whose brain is programmed...
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